Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 2309 (1941)

St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
4230 S. Broad Street
New Orleans, LA

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

Images

2005-08-19 - Church Exterior (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2005-08-19 - Church Interior and Altar (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2005-08-19 - Organ Case (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2005-08-19 - Gallery, Organ Case, and Chamber Grillework from Previous Organ (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2005-08-19 - Manuals and Stopkeys (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
3 stops
21 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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: None

Notes

2011-03-27 - Identified through online information from Chad Boorsma -- The organ was removed from the church by the church by Jim Hammann and John DeMajo during post-Hurricane Katrina renovation (ca. 2009) and was not be placed back in the church. The contractor who was doing the Katrina flood repairs said it would be put into the dumpster if it wasn't removed from the building. The case, pipe work, chest, and other components were incorporated into the expansion of St. Mary Nativity Catholic Church in Raceland, Louisiana (information from John DeMajo). -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from www.neworleanschurches.com Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    New Orleans, Louisiana
    St. Matthias R. C. Church

    Wicks   Op. 2309   1941   2/3
    _________________________________________________

    GREAT                SWELL               PEDAL

16' Bourdon          16' Bourdon         16' Sub Bass
 8' Open Diapason     8' Diapason         8' Gedeckt
 8' Flute             8' Stopped Flute    4' Octave
 8' Salicional        8' Quintadena       4' Flute
 4' Octave            8' Viola
 4' Flute d'Amour     4' Flute
 4' Dolce             4' Viola
 2' Piccolo       2 2/3' Nazard
                      8' Oboe
                         Tremolo

       [Received from Jeff Scofield March 2, 2015]

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