Better Pipe Organ Database

Unknown Builder (1964 ca.)

Whitworth College
300 W Hawthorne Rd.
Spokane, WA

Images

1998-04-01 - Organ Cabinet and Console (Archival source not identified by contributor: James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1998-04-01 - Pipes inside cabinet (Archival source not identified by contributor: James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1998-04-01 - Console (Archival source not identified by contributor: James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
3 stops
20 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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: None

Notes

2018-11-12 - This entry describes a new home for an organ that was relocated without either tonal or mechanical changes. Identified by James R. Stettner, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Original document from James R. Stettner. Source: Stoplist copied from the console on April 1, 1998 2018-11-14

Spokane, Washington
Whitworth College

WICKS ORGAN CO., Opus 2221, 1940                         
Unknown, ca. 1964 - Installation
Unknown, after 1964 - Tonal Changes


GREAT (Expressive)              SWELL (Expressive)              PEDAL (Expressive)
   16    Bourdon                   8     Gedeckt                   16   Subbass
   8     Principal                 8     Salicional                8    Gedeckt
   8     Gedeckt                   8     Scharf                    4    Principal
   8     Salicional                4     Flöte                     2    Flöte
   4     Principal                 2-2/3 Nazard                         blank
   2-2/3 Quint                     2     Principal                      blank
   2     Flöte                     1-3/5 Terz
         blank                     1     Sifflöte
         blank                     8     Mixt.
         blank                           blank
                                         blank
                                         Tremolo

STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
   16    Subbass                  (Ped)  12  Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
   16    Bourdon                   (Gt)  --  Same as the 16' Subbass.
   8     Principal                 (Gt)  --  From the 4' Principal. 1-12 from the
                                                8' Gedeckt.
   8     Gedeckt            (Gt/Sw/Ped)  61
   8     Salicional             (Gt/Sw)  61
   8     Scharf                    (Sw)  --  Synthetic. Derived from the 8' Gedeckt
                                                and 2-2/3' Nazard. Originally called
                                                Quintadena.
   4     Principal             (Gt/Ped)  61
   4     Flöte                     (Sw)  12  Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
   2-2/3 Quint                     (Gt)  19  Extension of the 8' Salicional.
   2-2/3 Nazard                    (Sw)   7  Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
   2     Principal                 (Sw)  12  Extension of the 4' Principal
   2     Flöte                     (Gt)   5  Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
   1-3/5 Terz                      (Sw)  --  From the Gedeckt unit. 57 notes.
   1     Sifflöte                  (Sw)  --  From the Gedeckt unit. Top octave repeats.
   8     Mixt.                     (Sw)  --  Synthetic. Derived from the 8' Salicional
                                                and 2-2/3' Nazard. Originally called
                                                Oboe.
         Tremolo                   (Sw)      Affects the entire instrument.

PIPE SUMMARY

Principal                       Gedeckt                         Salicional
73 pipes                        97 pipes                        80 pipes

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Expression               (bal.)
   Crescendo                (bal.)


ACTION: D-E ™        VOICES: 3        STOPS: 20        RANKS: 3        PIPES: 250

NOTES
This organ was called the 'Fuga' model. The organ is free-standing and encased with a
detached, stopkey console.

Changes were made by an unknown person or firm at an undocumented date. This included
the renaming of the 8' Quintadena to 8' Scharf, and the 8' Oboe to 8' Mixt. as well as
adding the Swell 2', 1-3/5', and 1' stops.


Sources: Wicks opus list; EMN; JRS; extant organ

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#34373†* - Wicks Opus 2221 (1940 ca.)