Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Pipe Organ Co. Opus 4965 (1968)

University of Wisconsin, Madison: Studio, Humanities Bldg.
432 E. Campus Mall
Madison, WI

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

Unknown - Builder nameplate (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
20 stops
18 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
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 1970. -Database Manager

2009-06-08 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Unenclosed pipework functionally displayed; Wicks "Eyeline" console; features a "projecting" Krummhorn in the Pedal. -Database Manager

2011-04-06 - Updated through on-line information from David Bohn. -Database Manager

2019-06-06 - Updated by Andrew Schaeffer, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br> -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i>, March 1972 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Madison, Wisconsin
       University of Wisconsin
       Studio, Humanities Building

       Wicks   Op. 4965   1968   3/19

       GREAT                      POSITIV
    8' Gedeckt 61              8' Holzgedeckt 61
    4' Principal 61            4' Koppelflöte 61
    2' Flachflöte 61           2' Blockflöte 61
   II  Mixture 122         1 1/3' Quint 61
                               1' Schwegel 61
       SWELL
    8' Erzähler 61                PEDAL
    4' Nachthorn 61           16' Subbass 32
2 2/3' Nasat 61                8' Spitzprinzipal 32
    2' Italian Principal 61    4' Choralbass 12
    8' Trompette 61            4' Waldflöte 32
       Tremolo                 2' Hohlflöte 24
                               4' Krummhorn 32

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 08, 2009.]

Correction from David Bohn: Pedal Waldflöte at 8' pitch, not 4'

[Received online April 6, 2011]