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Wicks Organ Co. (1908-1909)

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

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of James R. Stettner (ca. 1910)/Database Manager)

ca. 1909 - Sanctuary interior with organ facade (Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of James R. Stettner (ca. 1910)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 2 manuals
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Notes

2019-05-26 - The organ is in an elevated gallery above and behind the pulpit platform. The 5-sectional case features stenciled pipes predominantly in blue. The central portion featured two lower arches with gold facade pipes and a large arch-shapel section of stenciled pipes over them. -Database Manager

2022-08-02 - Builder identified by Chris Rini from a listing of Carnegie organs. The action was tubular-pneumatic. -Jim Stettner

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