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Wicks Organ Co. Opus 5253 (1972)

Trinity Episcopal Church
One Queen Anne Square
Newport, RI

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1963)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
26 stops
41 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-05-15 - 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 800 (1929), reusing a few ranks. -Database Manager

2010-01-14 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 8 Skinner stops retained; combined with Rodgers digital and console in 2007. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Newport, Rhode Island
       Trinity Church, Episcopal

       Wicks   Op. 5253   1972   3/30

       Stoplist courtesy of the Wicks Organ Co.

       * existing pipework from 1930 3/24 Skinner Op. 800;
       casefront from 1733 Richard Bridge organ retained

       GREAT (2½" wind)             CHOIR (5")
    8' Principal 61              8' Gedeckt 61
    8' Gedeckt 61                8' Dulciana 61 *
    4' Octave 61                 8' Unda Maris 49 tc *
    4' Flute 61                  4' Principal 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61                4' Concert Flute 61 *
    2' Fifteenth 61              2' Flautino 24
1 3/5' Tierce (pf)           1 1/3' Larigot 61
  III  Mixture 183              II  Cymbal (pf)
    8' Trompette SW              8' Krummhorn 61 (3)
    4' Clarion SW                   Tremulant
       Chimes (pf)                  Sub
                                    Unison Off
       SWELL (5")                   Super
    8' Principal (pf)
    8' Rohrflöte 61 *               PEDAL
    8' Salicional 61 *          16' Contrabass 32 (2½")
    8' Vox Celeste 49 tc *      16' Bourdon 32 * (5")
    4' Principal 61             16' Lieblichgedeckt SW
    4' Flute Harmonique 61 *     8' Principal 12
2 2/3' Nazard 61                 8' Bourdon 12 *
    2' Octave 61                 4' Choralbass 32 (2½")
    2' Blockflöte 24             4' Flute 12
  III  Plein Jeu 183             2' Octavin 12
   16' Contra Fagotto 12 (1)    16' Contra Fagotto SW
    8' Trompette 61 (2)          8' Trompette SW
    4' Clarion 12                4' Clarion SW
       Tremulant                 4' Krummhorn CH
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super

(1)loud; (2) dominate the organ; (3) keep loud and mellow,
slightly Clarinet-like

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield January 14, 2010.]

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