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Wicks Organ Co. (1965)

Lackland Air Force Base: Chapel
San Antonio, TX

Images

Unknown - Chapel exterior (Photograph from an archival source: eBay, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1965-11-11 - Nave, Balcony, and Pipe Facade (Wicks Promotional Photograph; image courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
20 stops
35 registers
4 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)
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

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> April 1965 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       San Antonio, Texas
       Lackland Air Force Base, Chapel

       Wicks   Op. 4549   1965   3/25
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT                          CHOIR

    8' Diapason         61         8' Gedeckt          61
    8' Holzgedeckt      61         8' Erzähler         61
    4' Octave           61         8' Erzähler Celeste 49
    4' Spitzflöte       61         4' Koppelflöte      61
    2' Superoctave      61         4' Erzähler         12
  III  Mixture         183     2 2/3' Nazard           61
    8' Trumpet          SW         2' Nachthorn        61
       Sub                     1 1/3' Larigot          --
       Unison Off                  8' Krummhorn        61
       Super                          Tremulant
                                      Sub
       SWELL                          Unison Off
                                      Super
    8' Rohrflöte        61
    8' Viol de Gamba    61            PEDAL
    8' Voix Celeste     49
    4' Geigen Principal 61        16' Contrabass       32
    4' Gemshorn         61        16' Bourdon          32
    2' Blockflöte       61        16' Lieblichgedeckt  12 CH
    1' Sifflöte         --         8' Principal        12
    8' Trumpet          61         8' Holzgedeckt      GT
    4' Hautbois         61         8' Erzähler         CH
       Tremulant                   4' Choralbass       12
       Sub                         4' Spitzflöte       GT
       Unison Off                 16' Posaune          12 SW
       Super                       8' Trumpet          SW
                                   4' Hautbois         SW

         [Received from Jeff Scofield January 11, 2015]

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