1986-11-30 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2009-01-23 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Gradually enlarged over the years; in 2008, the organ was renovated and enlarged to 82 ranks by Wicks, with a new French-style terraced console. -Database Manager
2010-11-27 - Updated through online information from Allen Moe. -Database Manager
2012-08-02 - Updated through online information from Christopher R. Stroh, Organist. -Database Manager
2012-10-08 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -- Installed August 1949, Henry Vincent Willis IV played an integral role in the original 1949 design. He did the scaling and voicing of opus 3047. In 2008, Wicks rebuilt the organ with new electric stop action, new console, new pipework, and reworked the specification. -Database Manager
2012-11-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> November 1950 and from console Nov. 1985 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Basilica of St. Mary, R.C.
Wicks Op. 3047 1950 4/45
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GREAT SWELL
16' Diapason 61 16' Flute Conique 73
8' 1st Diapason 61 8' Geigen Principal 73
8' 2nd Diapason 12 8' Flute Conique 12
8' Hohlflote 61 8' Viole de Gambe 73
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Viole Celeste 61
4' Principal 61 4' Geigen Octave 73
4' Rohrflote 61 4' Flute Triangulaire 73
2 2/3' Quint 61 4' Gambette --
2' Super Octave 61 2' Piccolo --
III Mixture 183 III Plein Jeu 183
Sub 16' Contra Fagotto 73
Unison Off 8' Trompette 73
Chimes 21 8' Oboe 12
4' Clarion 73
CHOIR Tremulant
8' Violin Diapason 73 Sub
8' Viola 73 Unison Off
8' Concert Flute 73
8' Spitzflote 61 PEDAL
8' Unda Maris 61 32' Sub Bourdon 32
4' Koppelflote 73 32' Resultant --
4' Spitzflote 12 16' Principal 32
4' Flauto Traverso 12 16' Open Diapason GT
2 2/3' Spitz Nazard 7 16' Bourdon 12
2' Spitz Piccolo 5 16' Violone 32
1 3/5' Spitz Quint -- 16' Flute Conique SW
8' Clarinet 73 8' Octave 12
Tremulant 8' Bourdon 12
Sub 8' Cello 12
Unison Off 8' Flute Conique SW
Super 4' Octave 32
III Mixture 96
SOLO 16' Trombone 12 SO
8' Stentorphone 73 16' Fagotto SW
8' Grossflote 73 8' Tromba SO
8' Viol d'Orchestre 73 4' Clarion SO
8' Viol Celeste 61 Chimes GT
4' Stentor Octave 12
4' Octave Viol 73
8' Tuba Mirabilis 73
8' Cor Anglais 73
4' Tuba Clarion 61
Tremulant
Sub
Super
Chimes GT
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