Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 3192 (1951)

St. John the Divine Episcopal Church
2450 River Oaks Blvd.
Houston, TX

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

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior ((1951) Wicks Promotional Booklet; image courtesy of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church Interior and Altar ((1951) Wicks Promotional Booklet; image courtesy of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
46 stops
60 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 coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-11-20 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2013-04-14 - Updated through online information from Scott Crowell. -- Replaced by 5-manual, 144-rank Letourneau organ in Fall 2005. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The American Organist</i> August 1958 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Houston, Texas
       Church of St. John the Divine, Episcopal

       Wicks   Op. 3192   1951   4/54
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT                          SWELL

   16' Quintaton        61        16' Dolce            68
    8' Diapason         61         8' Diapason         68
    8' Second Diapason  61         8' Gedeckt          68
    8' Harmonic Flute   61         8' Salicional       68
    8' Gemshorn         61         8' Voix Celeste     61
    4' Octave           61         8' Flauto Dolce     12
    4' Spitzflöte       61         8' Flute Celeste    61
    4' Gemshorn         12         4' Spitz Principal  68
2 2/3' Twelfth          61         4' Chimney Flute    68
    2' Fifteenth        61         2' Flautino         61
   IV  Fourniture      244        IV  Plein Jeu       244
       Sub                        16' Fagotto          68
       Unison Off                  8' French Trompette 68
       Super                       8' Oboe             12
                                   4' Clarion          68
       CHOIR                          Tremulant
                                      Sub
    8' Geigen           68            Unison Off
    8' Nachthorn        68            Super
    8' Dulciana         68            Chimes
    8' Dulciana Celeste 56            
    4' Zauberflöte      68            PEDAL
2 2/3' Harmonic Twelfth 61
    2' Blockflöte       61        16' Diapason         32
1 3/5' Tierce           61        16' Bourdon          32
    8' Clarinet         68        16' Quintaton        GT
    8' English Horn     68        16' Gemshorn         12
       Tremulant                  16' Dolce            SW
       Sub                         8' Octave           12
       Unison Off                  8' Bourdon          12
       Super                       8' Cello            SO
                                   4' Super Octave     GT
       SOLO                        4' Gedeckt          SW
                                   4' Nachthorn        CH
    8' Diapason         68       III  Mixture          96
    8' Doppelflöte      68        16' Bombarde         32
    8' Gross Gamba      68        16' Fagotto          SW
    8' Gamba Celeste    61         8' Trompette        12
    4' Zartflöte        68
    8' Harmonic Trumpet 68
    8' French Horn      68
    8' Orchestral Oboe  68
    4' Clarion          68
       Tremulant
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super

      [Received from Jeff Scofield November 30, 2014]

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