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Wicks Organ Co. (1967)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
401 E. 33rd St.
Vancouver, WA

Images

2018-12-05 - Rodgers Console (Photograph by Kenneth Ray/Database Manager)

2018-12-05 - Rodgers console Couplers (Photograph by Kenneth Ray/Database Manager)

2018-12-05 - Rodgers Console Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by Kenneth Ray/Database Manager)

2018-12-05 - Rodgers console Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by Kenneth Ray/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
21 stops
45 registers
3 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: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-11-28 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Enlargement and tonal revision of the existing 1952 Wicks organ. Later, given a new Rodgers console and added digital voices. -Database Manager

2018-12-09 - Updated by Kenneth Ray, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br> -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> November 1967 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Vancouver, Washington
       First Methodist Church

       Wicks   Op. 3129   1952/1967   3/21
       _________________________________________________

       GREAT                         SWELL

   16' Contra Gemshorn tc        16' Lieblich Gedeckt tc
    8' Diapason        61         8' Gedeckt          73
    8' Holzgedeckt     61         8' Viole de Gambe   73
    8' Gemshorn        61         8' Gambe Celeste    49
    4' Principal       61         8' Spitzflöte       61
    4' Waldflöte       61         4' Geigen Principal 61
2 2/3' Twelfth         61         4' Flute d'Amour    61
    2' Fifteenth       61     2 2/3' Nasard           61
   II  Rauschquinte    --         2' Octavin          12
    8' Trumpet         SW         1' Sifflöte         --
    4' Clarion         SW         8' Trumpet          73
       Sub                        4' Rohrschalmei     73
       Unison Off                    Tremolo
       Super                         Sub
                                     Unison Off
       CHOIR                         Super

   16' Contra Dolce    tc            PEDAL
    8' Rohrflöte       61
    8' Melodia         73        16' Diapason         12
    8' Dulciana        73        16' Bourdon          12
    8' Unda Maris      49        16' Violone          12
    4' Koppelflöte     61    10 2/3' Quinte           
    4' Dulcet          12         8' Principal
2 2/3' Dolce Twelfth   --         8' Cello
    2' Blockflöte      12         8' Gedeckt
1 3/5' Kleinterz       --         8' Gemshorn
    8' Cor Anglais     61         4' Choralbass
       Tremolo                    4' Flute
       Sub                        8' Trumpet
       Unison Off
       Super

         [Received from Jeff Scofield April 12, 2015]

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