Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 4965 (1969)

University of Wisconsin, Madison: Humanities Bldg.; Studio - Rm. 1409
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: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
18 stops
20 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
Has combination toe pistons

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. -Database Manager

2025-06-08 - For sale by the University in 2022: https://www.govdeals.com/en/asset/149/3789. 12 bids received. Highest bid: $310.00. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

TOE STUDS: General 1-4; PEDAL MOVEMENTS: Swell Expression (balanced), Crescendo (balanced). [Originally received on line from Jeff Scofield June 08, 2009]. Source: Stoplist from *The Diapason*, March 1972

Pedal Sub Bass 16, Wald Flöte 8, Spitz Prinzipal 8, Hohl Flöte 2, Krummhorn 4, Choral Bass 4

Great Gedeckt 8, Mixture II, Principal 4, Flach Flöte 2

Swell Erzähler 8, Nachthorn 4, Italian Principal 2, Nasat 2⅔, Trompette 8, Tremolo

Positiv Holz Gedeckt 8, Koppel Flöte 4, Block Flöte 2, Quint 1⅓, Schwegel 1

Swell to Pedal 8 (Swell to Pedal), Great to Pedal 8 (Great to Pedal), Positiv to Pedal 8 (Positiv to Pedal), Swell to Great 8 (Swell to Great), Swell to Great 4 (Swell to Great Super), Positiv to Great 16 (Positiv to Great Sub), Swell to Positiv 8 (Swell to Positiv), Positiv to Great 8 (Positiv to Great), Swell to Swell 4 (Swell Super)