Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 3140 (1951)

Temple Israel
#1 Rabbi Alvan D. Rubin Dr.
Ladue, MO

Images

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022 - Building exterior (Photograph by Temple Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
41 stops
62 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2012-03-14 - Identified through online information from Ron Yeater. -Database Manager

2012-03-15 - Updated through online information from Ron Yeater. -Database Manager

2012-03-30 - Updated through online information from Ron Yeater. -- moved to this location in 1962 from former building on Kingshighway in St. Louis. -Database Manager

2023-03-30 - Offered for sale via Wicks March 2023. -Jeff Scofield

2023-09-24 - Information from https://wicksorgan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/3140-Specification-and-Pipe-Info.pdf -Julius Coyle

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> August 1952 and tne console in 1967 Source: The Diapason, August 1952 and the console in 1967 Date not recorded

       Ladue, Missouri
       Congregational Temple Israel

       Wicks   Op. 3140   1951   4/46
       _________________________________________________

       GREAT                          SWELL
   16' Gemshorn         61        16' Flauto Dolce    73
    8' Open Diapason    61         8' Open Diapason   73
    8' Waldflöte        61         8' Gedeckt         73
    8' Gemshorn         12         8' Viola           73
    4' Octave           61         8' Viola Celeste   61
    4' Waldflöte        12         8' Flauto Dolce    12
2 2/3' Twelfth          61         8' Flute Celeste   61
    2' Fifteenth        61         4' Principal       73
   IV  Fourniture      244         4' Chimney Flute   73
       Sub                         2' Octavin         12
       Unison Off                III  Mixture        183
       Super                      16' Fagotto         73
   16' Trumpet          SO         8' Trompette       73
    8' Trumpet          SO         8' Fagotto         12
    4' Clarion          SO         4' Clarion         73
       Chimes                         Tremolo
                                      Sub
       CHOIR                          Unison Off
    8' Open Diapason    73            Super
    8' Concert Flute    73
    8' Dolcan           73            PEDAL
    8' Dolcan Celeste   61        32' Bourdon         32
    4' Zauberflöte      73        16' Diapason (wood) 32
    4' Dolcan           12        16' Bourdon         12
2 2/3' Harmonic Twelfth 61        16' Violone         32
    2' Blockflöte       61        16' Gemshorn        GT
    8' Clarinet         73        16' Flauto Dolce    CH
       Tremolo                10 2/3' Bourdon Quint    7
       Sub                    10 2/3' Viole Quint      7
       Unison Off                  8' Octave          32
       Super                       8' Bourdon          5
                                   8' Violone          5
       SOLO                        8' Flauto Dolce    SW
    8' Orchestral Flute 73     5 1/3' Quint            7
    8' Gamba            73         4' Choralbass      32
    8' Gamba Celeste    61         4' Super Octave     5
   16' Trumpet          73        16' Bombarde        12 SO
    8' Bombarde         73        16' Trumpet         SO
    8' Trumpet          12        16' Fagotto         SW
    8' French Horn      61         8' Bombarde        SO
    8' Orchestral Oboe  61         8' Fagotto         SW
    4' Clarion          73         4' Trumpet         SO
       Tremolo                        Chimes
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super
       Chimes

           [Received from Ron Yeater March 15, 2012]

Documents

(1950-05-12) Factory documentation and scaling information Documentation courtesy of the Wicks Organ Company -Roman Lizak

Websites

Organ Media Foundation - Exploration of the organ (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)