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Wicks Organ Co. (1997)

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• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• Console position: Movable Console
• 4 manuals
• 147 registers
• 9 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 sequencer
• 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

2008-03-02 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was a complete restoration of the existing organ with tonal additions. New console. 2-man. gallery console refurbished. Some digital voices. Of the 147 speaking stops, 20 are digital. The organ was dedicated at the 10:00 a.m. mass on January 5, 1997, Msgr. James Telthorst presiding. The Dedicatory Organ Recital was played by Organist, Composer and restoration project consultant, Dr. Charles Callahan. Source: Cathedral website. -Database Manager

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