Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Pipe Organ Co. Opus 5043 (1970)

First Lutheran Church
2800 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN

Images

1970-07-01 - Church exterior (Illustration from the church; used with permission/Database Manager)

2009-07-23 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2009-07-23 - Organ in rear gallery, second view (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2009-07-23 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2024-03-20 - Organ and exposed pipes (Barger & Nix Organs/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
15 stops
18 registers
3 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1970. -Database Manager

2006-10-26 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The nave is completely round, with the front wall a floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the city. The organ is installed to the left end of the rear gallery. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from the Chattanooga AGO website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Chattanooga, Tennessee
     First Lutheran Church

     Wicks   Op. 5043   1970   2/20
     ________________________________________________________________

     GREAT                   SWELL                   PEDAL
  8' Principal   61       8' Rohrflöte     61    16' Subbass       32
  8' Gedeckt     61       8' Viole         61    16' Lieblich Gedeckt *
  8' Erzähler    61       8' Viole Celeste 49     8' Principal     32
  4' Prestant    61       4' Nachthorn     61     8' Gedeckt       GT
  4' Koppelflöte 61   2 2/3' Nasat         61     4' Choralbass    32
  2' Principal   61       2' Hohlflöte     61     4' Bassflöte     GT
III  Mixture    183   1 3/5' Terz          49     2' Flautina      GT
  8' Trompette   SW       8' Trompette     61    16' Posaune       12 SW
     Sub                     Tremulant            8' Trompette     SW
     Unison Off              Sub
     Super                   Unison Off
                             Super

  *  1-12 common with Subbass

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield  May 17, 2011]

Documents

(1970-09-13) Dedicatory program -Jeff Scofield

Websites

First Lutheran Church - Photograph of building, stoplist, description (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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