Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 3152 (1951)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
603 State St.
Schenectady, NY

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

Images

Unknown - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel ((ca. 1962) Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of William Dunklin/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
25 stops
61 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2015-06-08 - Updated through online information from Ryan J Boyle. -- This instrument was replaced with a new instrument by Leonard Carlson in 1977, incorporating the original Echo division and a few ranks from the Wicks instrument. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> April 1952 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Schenectady, New York
       First Methodist Church

       Wicks   Op. 3152   1951   3/25
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT                          SWELL

   16' Dbl Open Diapason 61       16' Bourdon          12
    8' 1st Diapason      61        8' English Diapason 73
    8' 2nd Diapason      CH        8' Rohrflöte        61
    8' Doppelflöte       61        8' Viole de Gambe   73
    8' Dulciana          CH        8' Gambe Celeste    49
    8' Unda Maris        CH        8' Salicional       61
    4' Octave            61        8' Voix Celeste     49
    4' Harmonic Flute    CH        4' Violina          12
2 2/3' Twelfth           61        4' Chimney Flute    12
    2' Fifteenth         61    2 2/3' Nazard            7
  III  Mixture           --        2' Piccolo           5
    8' Harmonic Tuba     CH       16' Double Trumpet   12
       Sub                         8' French Trumpet   61
       Unison Off                  8' English Horn     61
       Super                       8' Vox Humana       61
       Chimes            21        4' Clarion          12
                                      Tremulant
       ECHO                           Sub
                                      Unison Off
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt  61           Super
    8' Echo Diapason     73           Chimes           21
    8' Gedeckt           12
    8' Gemshorn          73           CHOIR
    4' Octavino          12
    4' Flute d'Amour     12       16' Dulciana         12
    8' Muted Horn        73        8' Geigen Diapason  73
       Tremulant                   8' Harmonic Flute   61
                                   8' Flute Celeste    49
       PEDAL                       8' Dulciana         61
                                   8' Unda Maris       49
   16' 1st Open Diapason 12        4' Octave Geigen    12
   16' 2nd Open Diapason GT        4' Traverse Flute   12
   16' Violone           12        4' Dulcet           12
   16' Bourdon           SW    2 2/3' Dulciana 12th     7
   16' Dulciana          12        2' Dulciana 15th     5
    8' Octave            GT    1 3/5' Dulciana 17th    --
    8' Violoncello       CH        8' Clarinet         61
    8' Lieblich Gedeckt  SW           Tremulant
    8' Dulciana          CH        8' Harmonic Tuba    61
    4' Flute             SW           Sub
   16' Double Trumpet    SW           Unison Off
    8' Tromba            CH           Super
    8' Trumpet           SW

        [Received from Jeff Scofield January 17, 2015]