Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2018-11-05 - This describes a rebuild of an existing organ. <br>Identified by Scot Huntington<br>The organ is installed in the first-floor rehearsal hall of the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. The first organ installed here was severely damaged, if not destroyed by the flooding accompanying Hurricane Agnes in June 1972 which cause the Susquehanna River to flood most of the city of Wilkes-Barre. While the Schlicker opus list refers to this as a rebuild, and cost of the project ($7,732) was the 1973 price of a new instrument and was completely covered by insurance. It is doubtful any of the original instrument survived the flood waters. Like its namesake before it, this instrument was also installed by Donald Bohall, a company installer and also the head of the service department. The console is on a dolly, but the organ chassis does not have wheels making it difficult to move: it was reported the organ was intended to be used in the auditorium, but there are no scuff marks on the woodwork suggesting it was probably never moved, and the console cable does not have a quick-disconnect plug. -Database Manager
2018-12-07 - Updated by Scot Huntington <br> <br> -Database Manager
2019-02-07 - Updated by Scot Huntington, who maintains the organ. <br> <br>In December 2018 Scot Huntington acquired the instrument as part of a two-instrument purchase deal Wilkes University made with David Lenington of Towanda, Penn.On January 18, 2019, Huntington moved the organ to his organbuilding workshop pending eventual installation in his residence. The acquisition cost was $2,500. The Quint is wired from the Rohrgedackt. Correction to above commentary, the information given me that the organ was not movable was incorrect- the self-contained chassis is fully portable with wheels. The wind regulation is by a windchest schwimmer. The side-bar valves of the <br>schlicker pneumatic action create an expansion chamber beneath the pipe foot. <br> The pipe consist is: <br>Gedeckt-bass 16\': 12 pipe \"Townhouse bass\" of oak and oak veneer plywood<br>Rohrgedeckt 8\': 1-12 stopped zinc w/ box beards; 13-49 spotted metal with long, narrow chimneys; 50-85 tapered, spotted spitzfloete; open toe voicing<br>Principal 4\': 73 pipes, tin; toe-regulated voicing -Database Manager
2023-03-18 - The rebuilt/renovated/replaced [?] instrument retains the original 1971 nameplate. However, the renovated console was installed with a memorial plaque, the origins of which carry no documentation in the college records nor is there anyone at the University now, having connections to the institution at the time of the 1972 flood who can recall its circumstances. Master Sergeant Whitman was felled by a heart attack while working to shore up the Susquehanna River dike which had breeched and flooded the college and adjacent town. He was one of two deaths attributed to the flood in the city of Wilkes-Barre. The plaque reads: IN MEMORIAM M.S.G. Robert E. Whitman HHC. 1ST. BATTALION.103 D ARMOR 5 July-1926-14 July 1972 DIED ON ACTIVE DUTY WHILE SERVING WITH HIS UNIT ASSISTING IN THE TROPICAL STORM AGNES EMERGENCY WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Erected by his comrades in the Pennsylvania Army and National Guard. -Scot Huntington
Original document from Scot Huntington. Source: Stoplist from console 2018-11-08
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes College - Rehearsal Hall/Concert Hall
Schlicker Organ Co., 1971/1973
Compasses:61/32
GREAT
8' Principal
8' Rohrgedeckt
4' Principal
2' Rohrgedeckt
POSITIV
8' Rohrgedeckt
4' Rohrgedeckt
2' Principal
1 1/3' Quint
PEDAL
16' Gedecktbass
8' Rohrgedeckt
4' Principal
ANALYSIS:
16' Gedecktbass 12 pipes in two "Townhouse" towers
[C, C# units]
8' Rohrgedeckt 85 pipes; 1-12 stopped zinc; 13-61
spotted metal chimney flute;
62-85 spotted metal spitz-
floete
4' Principal 61 pipes; tin, top octave Principal 2'
shares top octave of open
gedeckt pipes
1 1/3' Quint from Rohrgedeckt; top 5 notes repeat at
2 2/3'
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