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Wicks Organ Co. Opus 4084 (1961)

Community Church: Sanctuary
284 S. Cahilla Rd.
Palm Springs, CA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
25 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2008-04-23 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Identified by former San Diego Municipal Organist, Doug Duncan. Church building destroyed. Additional info pending via mail. -Database Manager

2011-11-15 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2015-03-04 - The landmark church, having been vacant for a number of years, was badly damaged by an arson fire September 18, 2013. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> January 1962 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Palm Spring, California
       Community Church

       Wicks   Op. 4084   1961   3/28
       _____________________________________________

       GREAT                         CHOIR

    8' Principal       61         8' Spitzflöte   61
    8' Harmonic Flute  61         8' Gemshorn     61
    8' Gemshorn        CH         8' Dolcan       61
    8' Dolcan          CH         4' Nason Flute  61
    4' Prestant        61         4' Gemshorn     12
    4' Koppel Flute    61         4' Dolce        12
2 2/3' Twelfth         61     2 2/3' Nazard       61
    2' Fifteenth       61         2' Blockflöte   61
   II  Mixture        122     1 3/5' Tierce       --
       Sub                        8' Krummhorn    61
       Unison Off                    Tremolo
       Super                         Sub
       Chimes                        Unison Off
                                     Super
       SWELL
                                     PEDAL
    8' Violin Diapason 61
    8' Rohr Flute      61        32' Resultant    --
    8' Salicional      61        16' Principal    12 GT
    8' Voix Celeste    49        16' Sub Bass     32
    4' Flauto Traverso 61        16' Gemshorn     12 CH
2 2/3' Quinte           7         8' Principal    32
    2' Flautino         5         8' Bass Flute   12
    1' Sifflöte        12         8' Gemshorn     CH
  III  Plein Jeu      183         8' Flauto Dolce SW
    8' Trompette       61     5 1/3' Quinte       --
    8' Schalmei        61         4' Choral Bass  GT
    4' Clarion         12      VIII  Grand Cornet --
       Tremolo                   16' Trombone     12 SW
       Sub                        8' Trompette    SW
       Unison Off                 4' Clarion      SW
       Super

        [Received from Jeff Scofield March 4, 2015]

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