Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2018-05-02 - A new 3-manual Wicks console was installed in the 1960s. There is also a 1-manual movable console in the Sanctuary. Some stops were added in the 1980s or 1990s. -Database Manager
2018-05-02 - Christopher J. Soer is undertaking a restoration of the organ. -Database Manager
2019-05-14 - The organ is now (May, 2019) for sale. The new Music Dir. asked the Oratory to cancel their signed contract with Christopher Soer for the renovation of the Wicks (which was already under-way), so that the Oratory could purchase the 1991, 3-manual Karl Wilhelm, Opus 123, in storage and originally built for First Presbyterian church in Syracuse, New York. -Database Manager
2023-11-07 - The Wicks organ was sold to a church in Minnesota for parts, and not to be reinstalled as a complete transplanted instrument. -Jim Stettner
Typed specification Source: Factory Specification, courtesy Christopher J. Soer Date not recorded
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church
Wicks Organ Co. Opus 507 1924 3 manuals, 46 registers, 27 stops, 27 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Double Open Diapason 85 16' Bourdon 97
8' Major Diapason 61 8' English Diapason 73
8' Minor Diapason (fr. 16') -- 8' Gedeckt (fr. Bourdon) --
8' Doppel Flute 73 8' Quintadena 73
8' Viola da Gamba 61 8' Viole Celeste (TC) 49
8' Gemshorn 80 8' Salicional 73
4' Concert Flute (fr. DopFl) -- 8' Vox Angelica 73
4' Octave (fr. 16') -- 4' Flute d'Amour (fr. Bourdon) --
2 2/3' Quinte (fr. Gemshorn) -- 4' Violina (fr. Salicional) --
8' Trumpet 61 2 2/3' Nazard (fr. Bourdon) --
Tremolo 2' Piccolo (fr. Bourdon) --
1 1/3' Larigot (fr. Bourdon) --
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Oboe (reedless) 73
8' Geigen Principal 73 8' Cor Anglais 73
8' Melodia 73 8' Vox Humana 61
8' Viol d'Orchestra 73 Tremolo
8' Unda Maris (TC) 49 Vox Humana Tremolo
8' Dulciana 73
4' Flute Traverse (fr. Mel.) -- PEDAL ORGAN
8' Clarinet (TC) 49 32' Resultant (fr. Dbl OD) --
Tremolo 16' Double Open Diapason 44
16' Bourdon 32
SANCTUARY ORGAN 16' Lieblich Gedackt (Sw Bdn) --
8' Oboe (reedless) 61 10 2/3' Quint (Sw Bourdon) --
8' Echo Diapason 61 8' Cello (Gt Viola da Gamba) --
8' Clarabella 73 8' Gross Flute (fr. Dbl OD) --
8' Vox Celeste (TC) 49 16' Trombone (ext Gt Trumpet) 12
4' Flute (fr. Clarabella) -- 16' Sanctuary Bourdon (ext) 12
Tremolo
ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS COUPLERS
Swell and Pedal 1-2-3-4-5-R Great to Pedal 8
Great and Pedal 1-2-3-4-5-R Swell to Pedal 8 4
Choir and Pedal 1-2-3-4-5-R Choir to Pedal 8
Sanctuary and Pedal 1-2 Swell to Great 16 8 4
One Master Release Pedal Stud Choir to Great 16 8 4
Sanctuary to Great 8
REVERSIBLES Choir to Swell 16 8 4
Sforzando Pedal (toe) Sanctuary to Swell 8
Great to Pedal (toe) Swell to Choir 16 8 4
Swell to Great (thumb) Sanctuary to Choir 8
Swell to Choir (thumb) Great to Great U 4
Choir to Swell (thumb) Swell to Swell 16 U 4
Choir to Choir 16 U 4
ACCESSORIES
Manual Pistons duplicated by Pedal Studs
Sforzando indicator light
Crescendo indicator
Wind indicator
Organ Bench
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2018-05-02]
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