Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 5251 (1971)

Hanover Street Presbyterian Church
1801 N. Jefferson St.
Wilmington, DE

Images

2015-12-12 - Organ case at rear of sanctuary (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2016-06-04 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)

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
3 manuals
34 stops
44 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-12-20 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This information taken from the Wicks opus list and a promotional brochure. -Database Manager

2009-06-13 - Updated through online information from Robert Clement. -- Electrical / Mechanical restoration in 1999-2000 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the factory specification Date not recorded

Wilmington, Deleware
Hanover Street Presbyterian Church

Wicks Organ Co., Opus 5251, 1971 - Original Specifications


      GREAT
8     Prinzipal                  61 pipes
8     Gedackt                    61 pipes
4     Prestant                   61 pipes
4     Waldflöte                  61 pipes
2     Oktav                      61 pipes
IV    Mixtur                    244 pipes
8     Trompete                   61 pipes
      Chimes                     25 tubes


      SWELL (Expressive)
8     Geigen Diapason            ??
8     Rohrflöte                  61 pipes
8     Salicional                 61 Pipes
8     Voix Celeste               49 pipes
8     Dulciana                   61 pipes
4     Geigen Prinzipal           61 pipes
4     Spitzflöte                 61 pipes
2-2/3 Nasat                      61 pipes
2     Blockflöte                 61 pipes
1-3/5 Terz                       45 pipes
II    Scharf                    122 pipes
8     Fagotto                    61 pipes
4     Rohr Schalmei              61 pipes
      Tremulant
      MIDI

Swell 16
Unison OFf
Swell 4


      POSITIV (unenclosed)
8     Holzgedackt                61 pipes
8     Erzahler                   49 pipes
4     Koppelflöte                61 pipes
2     Prinzipal                  61 pipes
1-1/3 Quint                      61 pipes
1     Sifflöte                   24 pipes
16    Krummhorn            (TC)  --
8     Krummhorn                  61 pipes
8     Trompete             (Gt)  --
      Tremulant

Positiv 16
Unison Off
Positiv 4


      PEDAL
32    Untersatz     (resultant)  --
16    Prestant                   32 pipes
16    Bordun                     32 pipes
16    Still Gedeckt (soft wind)  --
10 ⅔  Quint                      --
8     Oktavbass                  12 pipes
8     Bordun                     12 pipes
8     Dolce          (Sw. Dul.)  --
4     Prinzipal                  32 pipes
4     Bordun                     12 pipes
II    Rausch Quint               64 pipes
16    Posaune                    12 pipes
8     Fagotto              (Sw)  --
4     Rohr Schalmei        (Sw)  --


COUPLERS (Inter-divisional)
Swell to Pedal                [8],4
Great to Pedal                [8],4
Positiv to Pedal              [8],4

Swell to Great             16,[8],4
Positiv to Great              [8],4

Swell to Positiv              [8],4

Positiv to Swell              [8]


FINGER PISTONS
General                     0,1 - 6
Swell                       0,1 - 5
Great                       0,1 - 5
Positiv                     0,1 - 5


TOE STUDS
General                     0,1 - 6
Tutti                         (rev)


PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression             (bal.)
Crescendo                    (bal.)


NOTES
-Low profile console (couplers present as drawknobs not rocking tablets)
-In free standing case at rear of church. 
-Facade pipes from 16 Prestant, 4 Pedal Prinzipal and 2' Pos. Prinzipal.

[Received from Robert Clement 2012-03-05.]
[Corrected/Updated by James R. Stettner 2021-11-19.]