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Schlicker Organ Co. (1970)

Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
141 South County Road
Palm Beach, FL

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

Images

1990-01-11 - Antiphonal Pipework (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1990-01-11 - Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

60 stops
67 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2006-03-25 - Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Replaced E. M. Skinner Opus 590 (1926). -Database Manager

2009-02-05 - Relocated to Normandale Lutheran Church, Edina, Minnesota by Roland Rutz in 2000. -Database Manager

2018-07-20 - "The new large Schlicker organ at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Palm Beach, Florida, was opened with a dedicatory recital by John Weaver on April 12 [1970]. It contains 60 registers, 80 ranks and 4,482 pipes. The chests are slide chests with electric pulldowns and electro-pneumatic stop action. Voicing is on pressures from 2 1/4" to 2 7/8" with no nicking of the languids. A feature of the orgn is the Antiphonal Division mounted high on the west wall, and surmounted by a Trompeta Real of horizontal copper pipes. The organ is the gift of Mrs. Flagler Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Wean, and Mr. and Mrs. Ramond J. Wean, Jr. Mr. A. Atwater Kent, Jr. served on the committee." The Tracker, Vol. XIV, No. 4 (Summer 1970) -Database Manager

2020-05-02 - The original console has been installed at First Presbyterian Church Miami, FL to control their Schantz Opus 83. -Seth Carlson

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console January 11, 1990 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

      Palm Beach, Florida
      Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

      Schlicker   1970   3/86
      _______________________________________

      GREAT                     SWELL

  16' Quintadena             8' Rohrfloete
   8' Principal              8' Salicional
   8' Spillfloete            8' Voix Celeste
   8' Gemshorn               8' Dolce
   4' Octave                 8' Dolce Celeste
   4' Hohlfloete             4' Principal
   2' Octave                 4' Spitzfloete
IV-V  Mixture            2 2/3' Nasat
  IV  Scharf                 2' Waldfloete
  16' Fagott             1 3/5' Terz
   8' Trompete               1' Siffloete
      Unison Off          IV-V  Mixture
   8' Trompeta Real        III  Mixture
      Chimes            II-III  Scharff
                            16' Dulzian
      ANTIPHONAL             8' Trompete
                             8' Schalmei
   8' Rohrgedeckt            4' Clarion
   4' Principal                 Tremolo
   4' Rohrfloete                Sub
   2' Gemshorn                  Unison Off
 III  Mixture                   Super
  16' Gedecktbass
      Zimbelstern               POSITIV

      PEDAL                  8' Holzgedeckt
                             8' Quintadena
  32' Untersatz              4' Principal
  16' Principal              4' Rohrfloete
  16' Subbass                2' Principal
   8' Octave                 2' Nachthorn
   8' Metalgedeckt       1 1/3' Quint
   4' Choralbass            II  Sesquialtera
   4' Dolcan            III-IV  Mixture
   2' Nachthorn            III  Terzzimbel
  IV  Mixture               16' Barpfeife
  32' Bombarde               8' Krummhorn
  16' Posaune                4' Schalmeiregal
  16' Fagott                    Tremolo
   8' Trumpet                   Unison Off
   4' Schalmei              16' Trompeta Real
   8' Trompeta Real          8' Trompeta Real
                             4' Trompeta Real

[Received from Jeff Scofield September 19, 2016]

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