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Wicks Pipe Organ Co. Opus 4497 (1965)

Sacred Heart Catholic Cathedral: Sanctuary; rear gallery
296 Flower City Park
Rochester, NY

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

Images

2013-08-24 - Building exterior (Photograph by Daniel Penfield, via Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1950s)/Database Manager)

2008-12-15 - Organ; photo from Wicks promotional materials (Digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
56 stops
44 registers
5 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)
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 1997 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - [Previously had 1902 Kimball moved from St. Patrick's Cathedral c. 1937. Replaced by 3m Tellers, which was replaced by this organ.] "Recently upgraded" [as of 1997] by Kerner & Merchant. -Database Manager

2007-12-12 - Organ removed and sold; to be replaced by new Paul Fritts instrument in 2008. -Database Manager

2008-06-11 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- New Fritts organ to be delivered June 15, final voicing scheduled to be completed September 13, 2008. -Database Manager

2012-11-08 - Updated through online information from Sam Cherubin. -Database Manager

2012-11-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuilt by Wicks and relocated ca. 2004 to Mary Help of Christian RC Church, New Castle, Pennsylvania. -Database Manager

2018-06-25 - Virgil Fox played the inaugural recital in January 1966 with an incredible program that included Bach-s Passacaglia, Liszt-s Ad Nos Fantasia and Fugue, and Dupré-s Prelude and Fugue in G Minor. -Database Manager

2021-08-09 - The Wicks Opus List shows this organ as 53 ranks, 4 manuals, 1964 -David Engen

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> October 1964 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Rochester, New York
       Sacred Heart Cathedral, RC

       Wicks   Op. 4497   1965   4/56
       ___________________________________________________________

       GREAT                               SWELL
   16' Quintaton             61         8' Rohrflote            61
    8' Principal             61         8' Viole                61
    8' Stillgedeckt          61         8' Viole Celeste        49
    4' Prestant              61         4' Principal            61
    4' Waldflote             61         4' Koppelflote          61
    2' Octave                61     2 2/3' Quint                61
   IV  Mixture              244         2' Hohlflote            61
    8' Trompette-en-Chamade  61     1 3/5' Terz                 49
    4' Trompette-en-Chamade  12       III  Mixture             183
       Chimes                          16' Basson               61
                                        8' Trompette            61
       CHOIR                            4' Rohrschalmei         61
    8' Geigen Principal      61            Tremulant
    8' Gemshorn              61            Sub
    8' Gemshorn Celeste      49            Unison Off
    4' Nachthorn             61            Super
2 2/3' Nasat                 61
    2' Flautino              61            PEDAL
   II  Acuta                122        16' Principal            32
    8' Cor Anglais           61        16' Bourdon              32
       Tremulant                       16' Quintaton            GT
       Sub                         10 2/3' Grossquint            5
       Unison Off                       8' Octave               32
       Super                            8' Gedeckt              32
    8' Trompette-en-Chamade  GT         8' Gemshorn             CH
                                        4' Choralbass           12
       POSITIV                          4' Copula               12
    8' Holzbordun            61         2' Flute                12
    4' Spillpfeife           61       III  Mixture              96
    2' Blockflote            61        32' Fagott               12
1 1/3' Larigot               61        16' Posaune              32
    1' Sifflote              61        16' Krummhorn            PO
   II  Sesquialtera         122         8' Trumpet              12
  III  Klingendecymbel      183         4' Zink                 32
   16' Krummhorn             12         8' Trompette-en-Chamade GT
    8' Krummhorn             61            Chimes               GT
    8' Holzregal             61
       Reed Tremulant
       Unison Off

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield November 27, 2012]

"Parish Pipe Organ Documentation, courtesy of E. Robet Vogt, Diocese of Rochester." Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

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Websites

Wicks Organ Company [Opus 4497 page] DEAD LINK - Photograph, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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