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Wicks Organ Co. Opus 6258 (1993)

Calvary Baptist Church
755 Eighth Street, NW
Washington, DC

Images

2017-01-15 - Church exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-04-28 - Organ case (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
4 manuals
43 stops
67 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 combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-12-20 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- According to information in the Wicks Opus List and visible in a postcard photograph, the organ is housed behind the facade of the 1920's Möller (Op. 4902). The organ was supposed to have been built by Möller as their opus 11841, but defaulted when they declared bankruptcy, and it was built by Wicks. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from 1997 Washington DC Regional Booklet Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Washington, District of Columbia
       Calvary Baptist Church

       Moller   Op. 4902   1927   4/70
       Wicks               1994   4/55
       _____________________________________________________

       GREAT                            SWELL
   16' Gemshorn                     16' Bourdon
    8' Principal                     8' Viola Pomposa
    8' Harmonic Flute                8' Viola Celeste
    8' Gemshorn                      8' Gedackt
    8' Bourdon                       8' Flauto Dolce
    4' Octave                        8' Flauto Dolce Celeste
    4' Chimney Flute                 4' Principal
    2' Super Octave                  4' Harmonic Flute
   IV  Mixture                   2 2/3' Nazard
  III  Scharf                        2' Flageolet
   16' Posaune                   1 3/5' Tierce
    8' Trumpet                       V  Plein Jeu
    4' Clarion                      16' Bassoon
       Tremulant                     8' Trompette
       Chimes                        8' Hautbois          12
       MIDI On                       4' Clarion
                                        Tremulant
       CHOIR                            Sub
    8' English Open Diapason            Unison Off
    8' Concert Flute                    Super
    8' Dulciana
    8' Unda Maris                       PEDAL
    4' Principal                    32' Double Open Wood
    4' Stopped Flute                32' Subbass           --
    2' Fifteenth                    16' Open Wood         12
1 1/3' Quinte                       16' Subbass
    1' Cymbalflote (a)    12        16' Violone           GT
    8' Clarinet                     16' Bourdon           SW
       Tremulant                    16' Dulciana          12 CH
       Sub                           8' Principal
       Unison Off                    8' Bourdon
       Super                         8' Gamba             SO
       Zimbelstern                   8' Concert Flute     CH
       MIDI On                       4' Choral Bass
                                     4' Harmonic Flute    GT
       SOLO                         IV  Mixture
    8' Solo Diapason                32' Kontraposaune     12
    8' Flauto Mirabilis             16' Bombarde
    8' Gamba                        16' Posaune           12 GT
    8' Gamba Celeste                16' Bassoon           SW
    4' Orchestral Flute              8' Trompette         12
    8' Tuba Magna                    4' Clarion           12
    8' English Horn                  4' Hautbois          SW
       Tremulant                        MIDI On
       Sub
       Unison Off                       ANTIPHONAL
       Super                         8  blank drawknobs
       MIDI On
                                        ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
                                     5  blank drawknobs

    a  extention of 4' Stopped Flute, repeating top 12 notes

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield November 18, 2012]

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