Better Pipe Organ Database

Schlicker Organ Co. (1997)

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
600 Sixth Ave.
Des Moines, IA

Images

2021-05-11 - The "Processional Organ" on the rearmost wall of the nave, under the organ/choir gallery (Photograph by Joby Bell/Joby Bell)

2021-05-10 - Right sjamb. Note the "Processional Organ" stop. This is a single rank installed on the rearmost wall of the nave, deep under the choir/organ gallery (Photograph by Joby Bell/Joby Bell)

2021-05-10 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by Joby Bell/Joby Bell)

2021-05-10 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Joby Bell/Joby Bell)

2021-05-10 - Church interior (Photograph by Joby Bell/Joby Bell)

2021-05-10 - Console (Photograph by Joby Bell/Joby Bell)

2021-05-10 - Organ and console in rear gallery (Photograph by Joby Bell/Joby Bell)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
48 stops
62 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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: Computerized/Digital

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1997 -Database Manager

2009-04-01 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced 1957 4/48 Möller Op. 8900 -Database Manager

2014-01-16 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -- The Schlicker was revoiced, some pipework replaced, and the console electronics were updated in 2009 by the Bedient Organ Company in Lincoln, NE. -Database Manager

2021-05-11 - Swell and Great II are enclosed. This is the final Schlicker, built largely onsite in a makeshift shop set up in the church basement. -Joby Bell

Stoplist

Stoplist from Larry Christensen of the church. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Des Moines, IA
St John Lutheran Church

Schlicker Organ Co (1997), Bedient Organ Co (2008

GREAT ORGAN I (exposed)
8 Principal  61 pipes
4 Octave  61
2-2/3 Quint  61
2 Super Octave  122
IV Mixture  244
8 Trumpet 61

GREAT ORGAN II (enclosed)
16 Gemshorn  61
8 Hohlflöte  61
8 Viola  61
8 Flute Celeste tc  49
8 Gemshorn 12
4 Spitzflöte  61
16 Dulzian 61
   Zimbelstern

SWELL ORGAN
16 Bourdon 61
8 Geigen Principal  49
8 Rohrflöte  61
8 Gamba  61
8 Celeste
4 Principal  61
4 Nachthorn
2-2/3 Nasard
2 Doublet
1-3/5 Tierce
IV Scharf
16 Fagott
8 Trompette
8 Oboe
4 Clarion
   Tremolo

POSITIV
8 Praestant 61
8 Gedeckt  61
4 Octave  61
4 Koppelflöte  61
2 Gemshorn
1-1/3 Larigot
II Sesquialter  61
III Zimbel
8 Krummhorn  61
   Tremolo

TROMPETA
16 Trompette en Chamade
8 Trompette en Chamade
4 Trompette en Chamade

PEDAL
32 Resultant
16 Principal  GT
16 Subbass  32
16 Gemshorn  SW
16 Bourdon  32
8 Octave
8 Bourdon
8 Gemshorn
4 Octave
4 Rohrflöte
IV Mixture
32 Contra Bassoon
16 Posaune
16 Bassoon
8 Trumpet
4 Clarion


 [Received from Richard C Greene 2014-01-18.]