Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 2255 (1941)

St. Mary-of-the-Valley Roman Catholic Church: Chapel
4440 SW 148th
Beaverton, OR

Images

Unknown - Organ chamber grille with dummy pipes, December 1994. (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console, December 1994. (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
25 stops
11 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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 tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-03-19 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console February 7, 1990 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Beaverton, Oregon
St. Mary-of-the-Valley

WICKS ORGAN CO., Opus 2255, 1941 - Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive)                           COUPLERS
   8     Open Diapason              61          Swell to Pedal                 [8]
   8     Melodia                    61          Great to Pedal                 [8]
   8     Gemshorn                   61
   8     Dulciana                   61          Swell to Great               16,8,4
   4     Flute                      12
   4     Octave Gemshorn            12
   4     Dulciana                   12          FINGER PISTONS
   8     Cornopean                  61          Swell                      0, 1 - 4
         Tremolo                                Great                      0, 1 - 3
                                                Pedal                      0, 1 - 3
   Great to Great 16'                           0
   Great Unison Silent
   Great to Great 4'
                                             TOE STUDS
                                                Comb. Setter
SWELL (Expressive)                              Sforzando                     (rev)
   16    Lieblich Bourdon           12
   8     Violin Diapason            73
   8     Stopped Flute              61       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   8     Salicional                 61          Expression                   (bal.)
   8     Vox Celeste          (tc)  61          Crescendo                    (bal.)
   8     Dulciana             (Gt)  --
   4     Flute d'Amour              12
   4     Violina                    12
   2-2/3 Nazard                      7
   2     Flautino                    5
   8     English Horn               73
         Tremolo

   Swell to Swell 16'
   Swell Unison Silent
   Swell to Swell 4'                         ACTION: Direct-Electric ™

                                             VOICES: 11
PEDAL (Expressive)
   16    Bourdon                    32       STOPS: 25
   16    Lieblich Bourdon     (Sw)  --
   8     Bass Flute           (Gt)  --       RANKS: 11
   8     Flauto Dolce         (Sw)  --
   8     Cello                (Sw)  --       PIPES: 762


NOTES
The organ is installed in a single chamber in the rear gallery of the chapel,
and on the central axis. The console sits directly in front of the grilles with
the organist facing the chamber. On the top, left side of each manual key frame
is an ON/OFF switch that couples the numbered Pedal pistons to the corresponding
numbered manual pistons.

Sources: Wicks opus list; JRS; extant organ

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2013-02-18.]