Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 4742 (1967)

Vermont Street Methodist Church: Sanctuary
818 Vermont Street
Quincy, IL

Images

2020-10-01 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-01-19 - Chancel and exposed pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1968-01-01 - Image published in the Diapason in Wicks Company advertisement. (Photograph from an archival source: The Diapason, January 1968, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
39 stops
45 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-11-11 - Identified through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Great, Positiv and Pedal exposed on cantilvered wind chests mounted on three chancel walls, Swell in chamber on side of chancel, Antiphonal in a wall mounted case below the rose window in the rear gallery. Organ is in regular use for 9:00 service.(information from Wicks and church websites, accessed Nov 2008) -Database Manager

2014-02-27 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- Revoiced by Dobson, 1991 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON June 1967

       Quincy, Illinois
       Vermont Street Methodist Church

       Wicks   Op. 4742   1967   3/47
       ______________________________________________

       GREAT                           SWELL

   16' Quintade          61         8' Bourdon        61
    8' Principal         61         8' Viole de Gambe 61
    8' Chimney Flute     61         8' Viole Celeste  54
    4' Octave            61         4' Principal      61
    4' Spire Flute       61         2' Forest Flute   61
    2' Fifteenth         61       III  Cymbal        183
   IV  Mixture          244        16' Bassoon        61
    8' Trumpet           61         8' Hautboy        61
       Chimes                       4' Clarion        61
                                       Tremolo
       POSITIVE                        Sub
                                       Unison Off
    8' Gedeckt           61            Super
    4' Spitz Principal   61
    4' Koppel Flute      61            PEDAL
2 2/3' Nazard            61
    2' Recorder          61        32' Resultant      --
1 3/5' Tierce            61        16' Contra Violone 32
    8' Krummhorn         61        16' Subbass        32
       Cymbelstern                 16' Quintade       GT
                                    8' Principalbass  32
       ANTIPHONAL                   8' Rohrgedeckt    32
                                    4' Choralbass     32
    8' Copula            61         4' Koppel Flute   32
    4' Italian Principal 61        II  Mixture        64
    4' Gemshorn          61        16' Bombarde       32
    2' Flach Flute       61        16' Bassoon        32
  III  Mixture          183    10 2/3' Reed Quint     --
    8' Trompette-                   8' Trumpet        GT
       en-Chamade        61         4' Dulzian        21

      [Received from Jeff Scofield January 9, 2015]

Websites

Wicks Organ Company [Vermont Street Methodist page] - Photograph, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)