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Wicks Organ Co. Opus 4400 (2009)

Bethel Lutheran Church
810 3rd Avenue South East
Rochester, MN

Images

ca. 2009 - Console (Photograph by Photo courtesy of Wicks Organ Co., submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 2009 - Exposed pipe display (Photograph by Photo courtesy of Wicks Organ Co., submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

August 2019 - Sanctuary interior with organ at left end (Photograph by Source Undocumented, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2008-06-01 - Pipe Display and Console (Photo courtesy of Wicks Organ Company/Database Manager)

2008-12-15 - Organ; image from Wicks website (Submitted by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
62 stops
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: Computerized/Digital
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

2008-12-22 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- According to both the Wicks web site and the church's web site, this organ was originally built for the Wicks factory showroom. It has been rebuilt with some tonal modifications and with a new console for Bethel Lutheran. Dedicated May 17, 2009. -Database Manager

2009-01-15 - Updated through on-line information from Richard C Greene. -Database Manager

2009-01-16 - Updated through on-line information from Richard C Greene. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from Gary G. Thorn, Minister of Music Date not recorded

Rochester, Minnesota
Bethel Lutheran Church

Wicks Organ Co., Opus 4400, 1964
Wicks Organ Co., Opus 4400, 2008-2009  Rebuild, Tonal Modifications


      GREAT ORGAN
16    Quintaton
8     Prinzipal
8     Gedeckt
4     Prestant
4     Waldflöte
2     Oktave
II    Tertian
III   Mixtur
8     Trompette en Chamade
      Chimes
      Cymbelstern

      SWELL ORGAN (Expressive)
8     Rohrflöte
8     Salicional
8     Voix Céleste tc
4     Spitz Prinzipal
4     Koppelflöte
2-2/3 Nazard
2     Hohlflöte
1     Flautino
III   Scharff
16    Bassoon
8     Trumpet
4     Rohrschalmei
      Tremolo

      CHOIR ORGAN (Expressive)
8     Geigen Principal
8     Erzähler
8     Erzähler Celeste tc
8     Viole
8     Viole Céleste tc
4     Gemshorn
2     Harmonic Flute
II    Rauschpfeife
8     Clarinet
4     Hautbois
8     Trompette en Chamade (Gt)
      Tremolo

      POSITIV
8     Holz Gedeckt
4     Spillpfeife
2     Flachflöte
1-1/3 Quint
1     Nachthorn
II    Sesquialtera
III   Klingende Cymbel
16    Krummhorn
8     Holzregal

      PEDAL ORGAN
32    Resultant
16    Kontra Bass
16    Bourdon
16    Quintaton (Gt)
8     Prinzipalbass
8     Gedeckt
8     Gemshorn
4     Choralbass
4     Copula
2     Oktavbass
III   Mixture
32    Sordun
16    Posaune
16    Bassoon
8     Trumpet
8     Fagott
4     Cromorne
8     Trompette en Chamade
      Chimes


[Received on line from Richard C Greene March 03, 2009.]

Websites

Bethel Lutheran, Rochester, Wicks - Photograph, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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