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Wicks Organ Co. Opus 130 (1914)

St. Joseph Catholic Church
434 Church Avenue
Bowling Green, KY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Images


2012-09-14 - Church exterior (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2012-09-14 - Organ case (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2012-09-14 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2012-09-14 - Church interior, gallery and organ case (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

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Notes

2009-10-25 - Identified through on-line information from Will Dunklin. -- The Wicks organ stood behind the magnificent late Victorian case of unknown manufacture. The case remains in place with an electronic organ's speakers behind the polychromed facade pipes. -Database Manager

2024-07-30 - Organ case is from the original 1889 Lyon & Healy Tubular pneumatic. It was replaced by a 1952 - Wicks 13 rank - direct electric, which was installed behind the Lyon & Healy case. The Wicks was replaced by a Johannes Digital Organ 2006 (plaque states 2007) (which was also installed behind the Lyon & Healy case) 3 manuals 111 equivalent ranks, 7 divisions. Main organ in the gallery; Sanctuary/Antiphonal organ is located behind the High Altar. -C. Kenneth Stein


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