Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Pipe Organ Co. Opus 3351 (1953)

St. Aloysius R. C.
Rt. 274, Celina.
Carthagena, OH

Images

Unknown - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console and case (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

Unknown - Sanctuary interior to rear (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

Unknown - Stopkeys (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
3 stops
20 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Ded. June 1953. Model Fuga DeLuxe. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed Stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Copied from a photo of the stoprail by Steven Schnurr on the OHS Database Date not recorded

Carthagena (Celina), Ohio
St. Aloysius R.C. Church

WICKS ORGAN CO., Opus 3351, 1953 (Fuga DeLuxe) - Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive)              SWELL (Expressive)              PEDAL (Expressive)
   16    Bourdon                   16    Bourdon                   16  Sub Bass
   8     Open Diapason             8     Open Diapason             8   Gedeckt
   8     Flute                     8     Quintadena                4   Octave
   8     Viola                     8     Stopped Flute             4   Flute
   4     Octave                    8     Echo Salicional
   4     Flute d'Amour             4     Flute
   4     Dulcet                    2-2/3 Nazard
         blank                     2     Piccolo
                                   8     Oboe
                                         Tremolo


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
   16    Sub Bass             (Ped)  12  Extension of the 8' Stopped Flute.
   16    Bourdon            (Sw/Gt)  –-  Tenor C. From the 8' Stopped Flute.
   8     Open Diapason      (Sw/Gt)  –-  1-12 from Stopped Flute. 13-61 from Octave.
   8     Stopped Flute         (Sw)  61
   8     Flute                 (Gt)  –-  Same as 8' Stopped Flute.
   8     Gedeckt              (Ped)  –-  Same as 8' Stopped Flute.
   8     Quintadena            (Sw)  –-  Synthetic. 8' St. Flute + 2-2/3 Nazard.
   8     Viola                 (Gt)  61
   8     Echo Salicional       (Sw)  –-  Same as the 8' Viola.
   4     Octave            (Gt/Ped)  61
   4     Flute d'Amour         (Gt)  12  Extension of the 8' Stopped Flute.
   4     Flute             (Sw/Ped)  –-  Same as the 4' Flute d'Amour. 
   4     Dulcet                (Gt)  12  Extension of the 8' Viola.
   2-2/3 Nazard                (Sw)   7  Extension of the 8' stopped Flute.
   2     Piccolo               (Sw)   5  Extension of the 8' Stopped Flute.
   8     Oboe                  (Sw)  –-  Synthetic. 8' Echo Sal. + 2-2/3' Nazard.
         Tremolo               (Sw)      Affects entire instrument.


PIPE SUMMARY

   Bourdon                         Viola                           Octave
   97 pipes                        73 pipes                        61 pipes


COUPLERS                                     FINGER PISTONS
   None                                         None


PEDAL MOVEMENTS                              TOE STUDS
   Expression                   (bal.)          None
   Crescendo                    (bal.)


ACTION: Wicks D-E ™       VOICES: 3       STOPS: 20       RANKS: 3       PIPES: 231


NOTES
The organ is free-standing and encased on the central axis in the rear gallery. The
console is in fixed position at the center with the organist facing the right wall –
organ on the right and altar to the left. Stops are as stop keys above the top manual.

Sources: Photos taken by Steven Schnurr August 7, 2019 on the OHS Database

St. Aloysius R.C.
6036 State Route 274, (Carthegena)
Celina, OH 45822