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Wicks Organ Co. Opus 2701 (1948)

Images

2019 - Choir in gallery with exposed pipework visible above (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2014-12-20 - Cathedral Interior (Photograph by Jason John Paul Haskins, via flickr.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1940s)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
• 3 manuals
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• 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

Notes

2012-08-08 - Identified through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- Organ as installed in 1948 (contract signed 1946) was 3 manuals and pedal; 38 ranks. Some ranks were retained in subsequent rebuilds and enlargements. -Database Manager

Documents

• Wicks Organ-of-the-Month ad from THE DIAPASON July 1948 Photo and commentary -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #50139 - Ballard Pipe Organ Company (1989)
• #50138 - Wicks Organ Co. (1971)

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