Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. (1955)

St. John's Roman Catholic Parish, Creighton University
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1911)/Database Manager)

2010-07-25 - Exposed pipes in the gallery (Photograph by Ray Ahrens/Database Manager)

2010-07-25 - Console (Photograph by Ray Ahrens/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
15 stops
32 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-08-20 - Identified through online information from Ray Ahrens. -Database Manager

2010-08-22 - Updated through online information from Ray Ahrens. -Database Manager

2011-08-27 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The contract price was $14,944.00; only the old Orgoblo blower and part of the old Swell box were retained from the previous organ; in October 1955, an 8' Claribel Flute 61 pipes and 4' Flute 12 pipes were added to the Great, and the existing Gedeckt was replaced with an 8' Gemshorn; in 1993, a new coupler and relay system and a new combination action were added by Wicks. (Information from John Sperling, Tonal Director Emeritus, Wicks Organ Co.) -Database Manager

2015-07-24 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from console 7/31/2010 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Omaha, Nebraska
Creighton University
St. John Parish

Wicks Organ Company   Op. 3251   1952   3/15

Great:                               Swell:

    8' Principal 61 (42 scale)           16' Quintadena 12 (1-24 wood)
    8' Dolcan CH                          8' Rohr Flute 61 (52 scale)
    8' Gemshorn 61 a                      8' Salicional 73 (60 scale)
    8' Claribel Flute 61 b                8' Voix Celeste 61 tc (60 scale)
    4' Octave 61 (56 scale)               4' Flute 12
    4' Flute 12 b                         4' Violina 12
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 (63 scale)          2 2/3' Nazard (Rohr Flute)
    2' Fifteenth 61 (68 scale)            2' Piccolo 12
  III  Mixture 61 (19th)(75 scale)        8' Trompette 73 (4" scale)
                                             Blank
       Great Unison Silent                   Blank
       Great To Great 16' 4'                 Tremolo

    a  1955, replacing Gedeckt              Swell Unison Silent
    b  1955                                 Swell to Swell 16' 4'

Choir:                               Pedal:

    8' Violin Diapason 73                16' Diapason 12 GT (32 scale)
    8' Wald Flute 73                     16' Bourdon 12 GT
    8' Dolcan 73                         16' Quintadena SW
    4' Flute 12                           8' Octave GT (Principal)
    4' Dolcan 12                          8' Bass Flute GT (Claribel Flute)
    2' Flautino (Dolcan)                  8' Flauto Dolce SW
    8' Clarinet 73                        4' Choral Bass GT (Octave)
       Blank
       Blank
       Tremolo

       Choir Unison Silent           Couplers:
       Choir to Choir 16' 4'
                                     Great to Pedal 8'4'
                                     Swell to Pedal 8'4'
                                     Choir to Pedal 8'4'

                                     Swell to Great 16' 8' 4'
                                     Choir to Great 16' 8' 4'

                                     Swell to Choir 16' 8' 4'

[Received online from Ray Ahrens August 22, 2010.]
[Received online from Jeff Scofield August 26, 2011
 from information received from John Sperling]