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Schlicker Organ Co. (1960)

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

Images

Date unknown - Bass of manual, pipework basses, and stop action (Photograph from an archival source: Former church website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Nov. 2018 - Church exterior (Photograph by Unattributed, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2010-09-21 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 1 manuals
• 5 stops
• 5 registers
• 1 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
• Manual compass: 56 notes
• Pedal Type: No Pedalboard
• Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
• Combination action: None

Notes

2008-08-08 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- One of two identical Positiv organs built by Schlicker - one to tour with Robert Shaw and his Chorale, and the other to tour with Bill MacGowan. This is the MacGowan instrument. Stoplist: 8, 4, 2, 1-1/3, II-III. Source: church website. -Database Manager

2022-10-06 - https://www.wuft.org/news/2018/12/27/st-michael-episcopal-church-torn-down-ahead-of-meeting-that-might-have-preserved-it/ Church was demolished in late 2018. Organ was removed to unknown location prior to construction crew arrival, was not involved with wreckage. Property currently neglected as a dumping ground. No knowledge from local organists. -Benjamin Ehrlich

2022-10-07 - Church was demolished before city planning board could meet. No information available from local organists or Florida Episc Dio. -Benjamin Ehrlich

Stoplist

Stoplist from church website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Gainesville, Florida

Schlicker Organ Co.
1960

 8'	Gedeckt (wood)
 4'	Rohrflöte
 2'	Principal 
 1 1/3' Quinte
	Mixtur II-III

[Received on line from Stephen Hall August 10, 2009.]

Websites

• The Schlicker Organ at St Michael's Episcopal Church [DEFUNCT] - Photograph, description, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)
• Local News Article Church Closing - Gainesville Sun article (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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