Better Pipe Organ Database

Schlicker Organ Co. (1964)

Ascension Episcopal Church
1133 N. LaSalle Blvd.
Chicago, IL

Images

Unknown - Organ Case ((1994) Photograph by Michael A. Way/Database Manager)

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
3 manuals
55 stops
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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

2008-12-22 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is housed in a case in the rear gallery. The case is 9-sectional containing 99 pipes arranged: 3-22-3-19-5-19-3-22-3. The four clusters of 3 and the one of 5 are towers. The two flats of 22 are divided into upper and lower sections having 11 pipes each. The two flats of 19 are divided into upper (8) and lower (11) sections as well. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> January 1966 Date not recorded

       Chicago, Illinois
       Church of the Ascension, Episcopal

       Schlicker   1964   3/64
       ______________________________________________

       GREAT                         SWELL

   16' Gedecktpommer  61          8' Rohrfloete    61
    8' Principal      61          8' Salicional    61
    8' Holzfloete     61          8' Voix Celeste  56
    8' Gemshorn       61          4' Principal     61
    4' Octave         61          4' Koppelfloete  61
    4' Hohlfloete     61      2 2/3' Nasat         61
    2' Schwegel       61          2' Nachthorn     61
IV-VI  Mixture       330      1 3/5' Terz          49
   IV  Scharf        244       IV-V  Mixture      292
   16' Trumpet        tc         16' Fagott        61
    8' Trumpet        61          8' Schalmei      61
    4' Trumpet        12          4' Clarion       61
                                     Tremolo
       PEDAL
                                     POSITIV
   32' Untersatz      12
   16' Principal      32          8' Gedeckt       61 
   16' Subbass        32          4' Rohrfloete    61
    8' Octave         32          2' Principal     61
    8' Flachfloete    32          2' Blockfloete   61
    8' Gedeckt        12      1 3/5' Terz          45 
    4' Choralbass     32      1 1/3' Klein-Nasat   61
    4' Gedeckt        12          1' Siffloete     61
    2' Hohlfloete     32     III-IV  Mixture      225
  III  Rauschpfeife   96        III  Terzzimbel   183
   IV  Mixture       128         16' Holzregal     61
   32' Contra Fagott  12          8' Krummhorn     61
   16' Posaune        32             Tremolo
   16' Fagott         SW         16' Trumpet       GT
    8' Trumpet        12          8' Trumpet       GT
    4' Schalmei       32          4' Trumpet       GT
    2' Cornet         12
       Tremolo

         [Received from Jeff Scofield May 11, 2018]

Documents

Schlicker Organs Identification of persons making the specification, designing the case, building the case, photo, and stoplist. -Database Manager

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