Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 3335 (1953)

University Congregational UCC
4515 NE 16th Ave.
Seattle, WA

Images

1988-08-12 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1988-08-12 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
31 stops
63 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 thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-05-13 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was designed and installed by Seattle Wicks Representative Charles W. Allen. Choir, Great, and Pedal on right. Swell entirely left. Echo prepared-for. Ceiling chamber has chimes installed. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> February 1954 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Seattle, Washington
       First Congregational United Church of Christ

       Wicks   Op. 3335   1953   3/32
       _________________________________________________

       GREAT                         SWELL

   16' Contra Gemshorn 61        16' Flute Conique    12
    8' 1st Principal   68         8' Geigen Principal 68
    8' 2nd Principal   68         8' Gedeckt          68
    8' Gemshorn        12         8' Viola            68
    8' Quintaten       68         8' Viola Celeste    61
    4' Octave          68         8' Spitzflöte       12
    4' Harmonic Flute  68         8' Echo Salicional  61
2 2/3' Twelfth         61         4' Principal        68
    2' Fifteenth       61         4' Flauto Traverso  61
  III  Mixture        122         4' Violina          12
       Tremolo                2 2/3' Nazard            7
       Sub                        2' Piccolo           5
       Unison Off                16' Contra Fagotto   tc
       Super                      8' Harmonic Trumpet 68
    8' Harmonic Tuba   CH         8' Fagotto          68
    4' Harmonic Tuba   CH         4' Clarion          61
       Blank                         Tremolo
       Great OFF                     Sub
                                     Unison Off
       CHOIR                         Super
                                     Celesta
    8' Gamba           68            Blank
    8' Wald Flute      61            Swell OFF
    8' Dulciana        68
    8' Unda Maris      61            PEDAL
    4' Spitzprincipal  68
    4' Flute           12        32' Resultant        --
    4' Dolcan          61        16' Open Diapason    32
2 2/3' Rohrnasat       61        16' Principal        12
    2' Flageolet       12        16' Bourdon          32
1 3/5' Tierce           9        16' Violone          32
    8' Clarinet        61        16' Gemshorn         GT
       Tremolo                   16' Flauto Dolce     SW
    8' Harmonic Tuba   73    10 2/3' Quinte            7
       Sub                        8' Octave           12
       Unison Off                 8' Major Flute       5
       Super                      8' Cello            12
       Blank                      8' Flute            SW
       Celesta                5 1/3' Octave Quinte     7
                                  4' Super Octave     12
       ECHO (prepared for)        4' Flute            12
                                 16' Trombone         12 CH
    8' Diapason                   8' Tuba             CH
    8' Stopped Flute                 Chimes
    8' Viole Aetheria                Blank
    8' Viole Celeste
    4' Flute d'Amour
    8' Vox Humana
       Tremolo
       Blank

        [Received from Jeff Scofield January 17, 2015]

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