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Wicks Organ Co. Opus 4095 (1961)

North Park University: Multi-Purpose Room (former Chapel)
3225 W. Foster Ave.
Chicago, IL

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
19 stops
45 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

2007-07-08 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Exposed Great on right wall of chancel. Swell & Choir in divided chambers on either side of chancel. Sforzando toe stud missing. Organ originally built for North Park College, but later enlarged as evidenced by a plaque on the console. Swell chest is 73-notes, but mostly pipes 62-73 are either dead or missing. Sw. 4' Flute is a transposed Melodia. Most Swell components bear the [opus?] number 6688. Organ in mediocre condition in April, 1994. Source: extant organ -Database Manager

2008-09-07 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This organ incorporates pipework from the University's former organ - M.P. Möller, Op. 6688, ca. 1938 - mostly in the Swell. -Database Manager

2012-07-18 - The organ was sold to Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and combined with its Möller organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the February 1962 issue of <i>The Diapason</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Chicago, Illinois
NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY (COLLEGE)

Wicks Organ Company     Opus 4095    18 ranks    1961
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GREAT:                          SWELL:
    8' Principal 61                16' Gedeckt 12
    8' Koppelflöte [TC] 49          8' Violin Diapason 61
    8' Spitzflöte [CH]              8' Stopped Flute 61
    4' Prestant 61                  8' Dulciana 61
    4' Koppelflöte 12               8' Salicional 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61                   8' Voix Celeste [TC] 49
    2' Fifteenth 61                 4' Fugara 12
1 3/5' Nineteenth                   4' Flute 12
                                2 2/3' Quinte 7
PEDAL:                              2' Flautino 5
   32' Resultant                    8' Muted Trumpet 61
   16' Principal [GT] 12               Tremolo
   16' Bourdon 32  
   16' Gedeckt [SW]             CHOIR:
    8' Octave [GT]                  8' Viola Pomposa 61
    8' Viola [CH]                   8' Spitzflöte 61
    8' Spitzflöte [CH]              4' Principal 61
5 1/3' Quinte                       4' Nason Flute 61
    4' Choral Bass [GT]             4' Spitzflöte 12
    4' Viola [CH]               2 2/3' Nazard 7
    4' Koppelflöte                  2' Flute 12
  III  Mixture                  1 3/5' Tierce
   16' Trombone 12 [CH]             1' Sifflöte 24
    8' Trompette [CH]               8' Trompette 61
    4' Clarion                      4' Clarion 61
                                       Tremolo

[Received online by Chad Boorsma • July 21, 2012]

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