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Wicks Organ Co. Opus 2138 (1940)

St. John's Lutheran Church
W. 47th Street & Brainard Avenue
La Grange, IL

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


Consoles

Main


Notes

2018-05-26 - In 1968-1969, Wicks moved the organ (as Opus 4862) to the present church, adding 16 ranks. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Typed Specification Source: Stephen Schnurr: "Pipe Organs of La Grange, Illinois, and the Architectural Edifices That House Them," <i>The Diapason</i>, June 2018 Date not recorded

La Grange, Illinois
St. John Lutheran Church

Wicks Organ Co.   Opus 2138   1940                 2 manuals, 11 stops, 11 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN (enclosed)                 SWELL ORGAN (enclosed)
      8' Open Diapason           73         16' Lieblich Bourdon        97
      8' Claribel Flute          85          8' Violin Diapason         73
      8' Violoncello             73          8' Stopped Flute (fr. 16') --
      8' Dulciana                85          8' Salicional              85
      4' Octave                  73          8' Voix Celeste (TC)       61
      4' Dulcet (fr. 8')         --          4' Flute d'Amour (fr. 16') --
  2 2/3' Dulciana Twelfth        --          8' Cornopean               73
      2' Dulciana Fifteenth      --          8' Oboe (synthetic)        --
         Tremolo                             8' Vox Humana (sep. box)   --
         Chimes (Deagan)         21 tubes       Tremolo
         1 blank tablet                         1 blank tablet

         PEDAL ORGAN                            COUPLERS
     16' Subbass                 44             Great to Pedal      8  4
     16' Lieblichbourdon (Sw)    --             Swell to Pedal      8  4
      8' Bass Flute (fr. 16' SB) --             Swell to Great  16  8  4
      8' Still Gedeckt (Sw)      --             Great to Great  16 UO  4
      8' Cello (Gt)              --             Swell to Swell  16 UO  4
         1 blank tablet
                                                ACCESSORIES
         ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS                Great to Pedal reversible
         Master    1-2-3    (thumb)             Balanced Swell expression shoe
         Great     1-2-3-C  (thumb)             Balanced Great expression shoe
         Swell     1-2-3-C  (thumb)             Balanced Crescendo pedal
         Pedal     1-2-3-C  (thumb)             Sforzando revers. (thumb & toe)
         General Cancel     (thumb)             Sforzando indicator
         Pedal to Great pistons On/Off          Crescendo indicator
         Pedal to Swell pistons On/Off          Wind indicator


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2018-05-26]


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