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Wicks Pipe Organ Co. Opus 1140 (1933)

St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
1140 Madison Ave.
Covington, KY

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
41 stops
63 registers
7 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
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

Notes

2005-05-04 - Designed by Henry Willis III. Rebuilt and greatly enlarged in 1982 by Aultz-Kersting. -Database Manager

2011-05-16 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The main organ is installed in the South Transept gallery. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The American Organist</i> August 1933 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
       Covington, Kentucky

       Wicks   Op. 1140   1933   3/43
       _________________________________________________
       
       It was the editorial policy of THE AMERICAN ORGANIST
       to use the name of the parent rank for all the stops 
       of that unit.

       GREAT (*encl)                SWELL
   16' Diapason        61       16' Stopped Flute     PD
    8' Diapason 1      61        8' Diapason          73
    8' Diapason 2      61        8' Stopped Flute     73
*   8' Doppelflöte     61        8' Melodia           73
*   8' Gamba           61        8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
*   8' Dolce           61        8' Salicional        73
    4' Octave          61        8' Voix Celeste      61
*   4' Flute Traverso  61        8' Quintadena      (syn)
2 2/3' Twelfth         61        4' Stopped Flute     12
    2' Fifteenth       61        2' Stopped Flute     12
*   8' Trumpet         61      III  Harmonia         183
       Tremulant (a)            16' Oboe              12
                                 8' Cornopean         73
       SANCTUARY GT (encl)       8' Oboe              73
    8' Diapason        61           Tremulant
    8' Melodia         61
    8' Gamba           61           SANCTUARY SWELL
    8' Gemshorn        61        8' Violin Diapason   73
    4' Octave          61        8' Stopped Flute     73
    4' Melodia         12        8' Salicional        73
       Tremulant                 8' Aeoline           73
                                 4' Flute Harmonic    73
       PEDAL                     8' Oboe (reedless)   73
   16' Diapason        32           Tremulant
   16' Bourdon         32
   16' Diapason        GT           CHOIR
   16' Stopped Flute   12 SW    16' Dulciana          12
   16' Gamba           12 GT     8' Geigen            73
   16' Dulciana        CH        8' Clarabella        73
    8' Diapason        12        8' Viola             73
    8' Bourdon         12        8' Dulciana          73
    8' Viola           CH        8' Unda Maris        61
    8' Dolce           GT        4' Flute d'Amore     73
   16' Trumpet         12 GT     2' Flute d'Amore     --
   16' Oboe            SW        8' Clarinet          73
                                    Tremulant
       SANCTUARY PEDAL
   16' Sub Bass        32
   16' Stopped Flute   12 SW
    8' Sub Bass        12
    8' Stopped Flute   SW

   (a) The Choir Tremulant also affects the enclosed Great

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield  May 12, 2011]

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