Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 5326 (1972)

Zion Baptist Church
3600 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by soulofamerica.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church interior (Photograph by soulofamerica.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

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

Consoles

Main

Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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

Notes

2008-12-23 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Information derived from a photograph in a Wicks brochure. -Database Manager

2021-10-26 - Placed in a new sanctuary that replaced one that burned in 1970. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist provided by the Wicks Organ Co. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
       Zion Baptist Church

       Wicks   Op. 5326   1972   3/33
       ___________________________________________________________

       GREAT                              CHOIR-POSITIV

   16' Quintaten             61        8' Geigen Principal      61 e
    8' Principal             61        8' Holzgedeckt           61
    8' Bordun                61        8' Erzähler              61 e
    4' Prestant              61        8' Erzähler Celeste      49 e
    4' Quintadena            24        4' Geigen Oktav          12 e
    2' Oktav                 61        4' Koppelflöte           61 
   IV  Mixtur               244        2' Weit Principal        61 
    8' Trompette-en-Chamade  61    1 1/3' Quint                 49 
       Chimes                pf        1' Sifflöte              12
                                       8' Krummhorn             61 e
       SWELL                              Tremulant
                                          Sub
    8' Rohrflöte             61           Unison Off
    8' Viol D'Gambe          61           Super
    8' Viol Celeste          49        8' Trompette-en-Chamade  GT
    4' Principal             61
    4' Nachthorn             61           PEDAL
2 2/3' Nasat                 61
    2' Blockflöte            24       32' Untersatz             --
1 3/5' Terz                  45       16' Violone               32
  III  Mixtur               183       16' Bordun                12 GT
   16' Fagotto               61       16' Quintaten             GT
    8' Trompete              61        8' Principalbass         32
    4' Dulzian               61        8' Offenflöte            12
       Tremulant                       4' Choralbass            12
       Sub                             4' Rohrgedeckt           SW
       Unison Off                      2' Oktavbass             12
       Super                          16' Bombarde              32
                                      16' Fagotto               SW
                                       8' Bombarde              12
    e  enclosed                        4' Bombarde              12

            [Received from Jeff Scofield September 7, 2016]