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Wicks Organ Co. Opus 5136 (1971)

Basilica of St. Francis Xavier R. C.: Basilica
104 3rd Street SW
Dyersville, IA

Images


Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1946)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Had Tellers EP, then a Wicks. -Database Manager

2012-11-03 - Updated through online information from Jesse Green. -Database Manager

2020-12-18 - Rebuild and tonal changes by Reuter in 2019. -Jeff Scofield


Stoplist

Stoplist from Levsen Organ Company/ console 9/30/15 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Great Organ							Couplers
1.	8’ Principal 		61 Pipes			32. Great to Pedal
2.	8’ Holzgedeckt		61 Pipes			33. Swell to Pedal
3.	4’ Octave		61 Pipes			34. Swell to Great 16’
4.	4’ Waldflöte		61 Pipes			35. Swell to Great 8’
5.	2’ Super Octave		61 Pipes			36. Swell to Great 4’
6.	IV Mixture		244 Pipes		        37. Swell to Swell 16’
7.	8' Petite Trompette	61 Pipes			38. Swell Unison
								39. Swell to Swell 4’
Swell Organ	(enclosed)
8.	8’ Rohrbordun		61 Pipes       		        Accessories
9.	8’ Viole		61 Pipes			3 Pistons affecting the Great
10.	8’ Viole Celeste TC	49 Pipes			3 Pistons affecting the Swell
11.	4’ Geigen Principal	61 Pipes			3 Pistons affecting the Pedal
12.	4’ Gemshorn		61 Pipes			Draw knob Console
13.	2 2/3 Nasat		61 Pipes			Music Rack Light
14.	2’ Flachflöte		61 Pipes			Sforzando Reversible
15.	1 3/5 Terz TC		49 Pipes			Great to Pedal Reversible 
16.	III Scharf		183 Pipes		        Swell Box 
17.	16’ Fagot	        61 Pipes			6 sets of Bronze tuning slides for facade
18.	8’ Trumpet		61 Pipes			Mixture Tuning Switches
19.	4’ Rohr Schalmei	61 Pipes			New Blower & Rectifier
20.	Tremolo						        Organ bench with Music storage
							        Case work by owner (Fangman Cabinet Shop)
								Installed by Levsen Organ Company
Pedal Organ
21.	16’ Holzprincipal	32 Pipes		TS 16’ Open Diapason- Pedal
22.	16’ Subbass		32 Pipes		TS 16’ Bourdon- Pedal
23.	8’ Octave		32 Pipes		TS 8’ Open Diapason -Swell
24.	8’ Gedeckt		32 Pipes		TS 16’ Lieblickgedeckt- Swell
25.	4’ Choral bass		32 Pipes		TS 4’ Principal -Great
26.	4’ Flute		32 Pipes		TS 8’ Stopped Diapason-Swell
27.	2’ Super Octave		32 Pipes		New in 1970
28.	III Mixture		96 Pipes		New in 1970
29.	16’ Tromba		32 Pipes		TS 16’ Tromba- Pedal
30.	8’ Trombone		32 Pipes		TS 8’ Tuba- Great
31.	4’ Zink			32 Pipes		TS 8’ Oboe- Swell

Pedal Pipes reused from the Tellers- Somerhoff organ. Except the 2 stops noted as above. 


 [Received from Robert Carson 2015-10-01.]

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