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Wicks Organ Co. Opus 2918 (1949)

St. Ita's Roman Catholic Church
5500 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL

Images

2010-03-24 - Church exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2012-06-25 - Sanctuary interior from floor (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2008-12-15 - Organ; photo from Wicks promotional materials (Digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
61 stops
74 registers
5 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
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-09-07 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Installed in the rear gallery. Exposed Great and Pedal around the rose window. Swell, choir, and Solo in chambers on both sides. Each chamber has a chest with exposed pipes in front of it. I got to play this organ in 1994 when I was installing the Balcom and Vaughan at North Park University, and it was quite an impressive installation. It has undergone some tonal changes. Source: Wicks brochure. -Database Manager

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

2011-12-10 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuilt by H. A. Howell in 2002 with a new console and tonal changes. -Database Manager

2012-11-26 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> November 1948 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Chicago, Illinois
       St. Ita's R. C. Church

       Wicks   Op. 2918   1949   4/68
       __________________________________________________
       GREAT                          SWELL
   16' Diapason                   16' Lieblichbordun
    8' Diapason 1                  8' Diapason
    8' Diapason 2                  8' Stopped Flute
    8' Gedeckt                     8' Flauto Traverso
    8' Hohlflote                   8' Viola da Gamba
    8' Gemshorn                    8' Salicional
    4' Octave                      8' Voix Celeste
    4' Rohrflote                   4' Octave
2 2/3' Quint                       4' Blockflote
    2' Fifteenth                   4' Violina
  III  Grave Mixture           2 2/3' Nasard
  III  Acute Mixture               2' Spitzflote
    8' Trumpet                    IV  Scharf
    4' Clarion                    16' Fagotto
       Sub                         8' Cornopean
       Unison Off                  8' Oboe
       Super                          Tremulant
                                      Reed Tremulant
       CHOIR                          Sub
   16' Dolce                          Unison Off
    8' Violin Diapason                Super
    8' Flute Harmonique
    8' Melodia                        PEDAL
    8' Viola                      16' Principal        32
    8' Dulciana                   16' Diapason         GT
    8' Unda Maris                 16' Bourdon          32
    4' Claribel Flute             16' Violone          32
    4' Dulcet                     16' Lieblichbordun   SW
2 2/3' Quint                      16' Dolce            CH
    2' Flageolet              10 2/3' Dolce            CH
1 3/5' Tierce                      8' Octave           32
1 1/7' Septieme                    8' Bourdon          12
    8' Clarinet                    8' Gedeckt          GT
       Tremulant                   8' Flute Harmonique CH
       Reed Tremulant              8' Viola da Gamba   SW
       Sub                         8' Dulciana         CH
       Unison Off              5 1/3' Quint            --
       Super                       4' Super Octave     32
                                   4' Blockflote       SW
       SOLO                      III  Mixture          96
    8' Stentorphone               16' Bombarde         32
    8' Grossflote                 16' Tuba             SO
    8' Viole d'Orchestre          16' Fagotto          SW
    8' viole Celeste               8' Tuba             SO
    4' Viole
    8' Tuba
    8' French Horn
    8' Orchestral Oboe
    4' Tuba Clarion
       Tremulant
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super
       Chimes

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield November 22, 2012]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON November 1948 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield

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