Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 2673 (1950)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
513 Peach Street
Erie, PA

Images

1950 - Chancel and organ chambers (Photograph by From THE DIAPASON May 1951, Wicks ad, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1950 - Church interior (Photograph by From THE DIAPASON May 1951, Wicks ad, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-06-05 - Church exterior (Photograph by foursquare.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
22 stops
40 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 coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2015-02-08 - The contract was signed in 1945 after a 1944 fire, but the organ was not installed until 1950, when the present building was completed; the organ was installed in front chambers to each side of the altar; the congregation merged with the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in 1981 and the FPC facility was sold to Gannon University for use as their chapel, Mary Seat of Wisdom. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the Wicks Organ Co.

   Erie, Pennsylvania
   First Presbyterian Church

   Wicks   Op. 2673   1950   3/22
   ____________________________________________________

   GREAT (encl w/Choir)             SWELL
8' Open Diapason         61     16' Bourdon          61
8' Geigen Diapason       61      8' Open Diapason    73
8' Doppel Floete         61      8' Stopped Flute    12
8' Melodia               CH      8' Quintadena      syn
8' Gemshorn              61      8' Salicional       73
8' Gemshorn Celeste      49      8' Voix Celeste  tc 61
4' Octave                61      8' Aeoline          73
4' Concert Flute         12      4' Flute d'Amour    12
8' Tuba                  61      4' Violina          12
   GT-CH Tremolo             2 2/3' Nazard            7
   Sub                           2' Piccolo           5
   Unison Off                   16' Contra Fagotta   73
   Super                         8' Oboe             12
   Chimes                20      8' Vox Humana    tc 61
                                    Tremolo
   CHOIR                            Sub
8' English Open Diapason 73         Unison Off
8' Melodia               61         Super
8' Dulciana              73         Chimes           GT
8' Unda Maris            61
4' Flute                 12         PEDAL
2' Piccolo               12     32' Resultant        --
8' French Horn           73     16' Open Diapason    32
8' Clarinet              73     16' Bourdon          32
   GT-CH Tremolo                16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
   Sub                           8' Octave           12
   Unison Off                    8' Bass Flute       12
   Super                         8' Dolce            SW
   Chimes                GT      8' Cello (Salic)    SW
                                16' Contra Fagotta   SW

      [Received from Jeff Scofield November 3, 2022]

Documents

(1945-09-29) Factory specifications, courtesy of the Wicks Organ Co. Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield