"The Perfect Town" (The Green Stone Church) Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

ILReviewer: Since I haven't heard from the owner I'm reluctantly archiving this cache. If the owner wishes to reactivate this cache, please e-mail me at IllinoisGeocacher@yahoo.com and I'll unarchive it as soon as I can.

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Hidden : 3/1/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

"The Green Stone Church" nickname comes from the hue of the Pennsylvania serpentine limestone of its facade.

The cache is a Magnetic Key Holder with a Log Book and Partial Coordinates for "The Perfect Town" (PULLMAN) Please Bring a Pen

Please note: this is in the City of Chicago, so, to quote a fellow geocacher,
One's comfort level in a given environment is always relative to one's life experiences. Some might consider this a "rough" part of town.

The Green Stone Church is the Home of one of Chicago's few remaining Pipe Organs.
The mechanical-action organ (2 manuals, 21 stops, 23 ranks) in the church was built by Steere & Turner, Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1882, as their opus 170.
In 1968, Kurt Roderer, of Evanston, Illinois, renovated the organ. According to Michael Friesen's article in The Stopt Diapason, whole issue 17, volume 3, number 5, October 1982, pages 3-7, the project included "cleaning of all pipework, the replacement of about 12 pipes in all (not due to prior vandalism but simply due to deterioration beyond repair), a rebuilding of the pedalboard, a new blower and tremulant, releathering the bellows, some new tuning sleeves, substitution of aluminum for wooden trackers, some new wood squares and plastic blocks, and overall re-regulation and tuning." In addition, the mixture was somewhat repitched. The organ was presented the Historic Organ Citation by the Organ Historical Society in 1984

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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