The Stopt Diapason
The Stopt Diapason (often abbreviated TSD) is the copyrighted official journal of the Chicago-Midwest Chapter of the Organ Historical Society.
From issue Vol. 1 No.1 of March 1980 through the most recent issue Whole Number 155 of Summer 2024, The Stopt Diapason has presented research, history, specifications, photographs and news of interest about area pipe organs; it has documented past and future chapter activities and presented calendars of upcoming area organ recitals. The TSD has been a resource not only for Chicago-Midwest Chapter members, but also for the national headquarters of the Organ Historical Society, for other OHS local chapters, and for non-members interested in historical pipe organs, as well.
This page of our new website is devoted to making all issues of The Stopt Diapason accessible as pdfs. Various indexes for TSD content will be available as well. Adding these issues to our website is ongoing work behind the scenes. In the meantime, the following eleven recent issues of TSD are available for viewing as pdfs. (To download and view the pdfs, click the underlined issue number.)
Whole Number 145 – Autumn 2020 featuring four instruments in a virtual video organ crawl with the North Shore AGO chapter and our Chicago-Midwest OHS chapter. (Also, see the link to the video on the Links page of this website.)
Whole Number 146 – Spring 2021 featuring the George Kilgen & Sons Opus 3319, 1924 pipe organ at St. Ignatius, Chicago. (Also currently featured on the Home page of this website.)
Whole Number 147 – Summer 2021 – highlights include news about Chicago’s Epworth UMC and its 1930 Moller; area organ builders projects; nominations for chapter officers and board members
Whole Number 148 – Spring 2022 – Welcome new Chapter President, Joseph Poland and new Member at Large, Ryan Mueller; view Previously Undocumented Organs of Lake County, Illinois: Part One
Whole Number 149 – Summer 2022 – highlights include: A preview of our Chapter Member’s recital June 12, 2022 featuring recitalist Derek Nickels playing the 1892 Hutchings pipe organ at Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Catholic Church, Chicago – includes a history of the organ, specifications, and recital program.
Whole Number 150 – Autumn 2022 – A preview of the fall Combined Organ Tour, cosponsored by CMWOHS and the North Shore AGO chapter – includes photos and stoplists for the four organs on the tour. Also includes news from area organ builders, a calendar of chapter and area events for 2022-2023, and more.
Whole Number 151 – Winter 2023 – highlights include: news and area events; features a tribute to area organ builder and founder of The Berghaus Organ Company, Leonard Berghaus (1938-2023) – includes An Overiew of Selected Organs by the Berghaus Organ Company
Whole Number 152 – Spring 2023 – Features stop lists, photographs, and brief histories of the organs to be played at the 2023 Great Lakes Regional AGO Convention, June 25-28,2023 as hosted by the North Shore Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
Whole Number 153 – Autumn 2023 – features details of the Combined Organ Tour with the North Shore AGO on Saturday, November 18, 2023, including photos, brief histories, and stop lists of the organs being visited.
Whole Number 154 – Spring 2024 – highlights include the Spring/Summer Calendar of Area Events; details of the upcoming Member’s Recital on May 19, 2024; biographical information for candidates for the 2024-2026 CMWOHS Board.
Whole Number 155 – Summer 2024 – features a calendar of upcoming events; a review of the Chapter Member’s Recital; area organ news; includes the INDEX to TSD ISSUES from Issue 131 (Autumn 2016) thru Issue 140 (Spring 2019)
Whole Number 156 – Autumn 2024 – highlights include the current Calendar of Area Events for Fall 2024 through Spring 2025; details of the Biggs Scholars Recital at Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, Evanston, IL on 10/13/24; some historical photos of Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church
