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Wicks Pipe Organ Co. Opus 2579 (1946)

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

Images

1914 - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1908)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
• Console position: Movable Console
• 3 manuals
• 40 stops
• 4 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
• Has sequencer
• Has combination thumb pistons
• Has combination toe pistons
• Has coupler thumb pistons
• Has coupler toe pistons
• Has tutti thumb pistons
• Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2018-12-12 - Identified through online information from Noah Freeman, who has heard or played the organ. Manuals and Pedal built to AGO specifications. -Database Manager

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #52743 - Reynolds Associates, Inc. (2008)
• #52952 - Lyon & Healy (1901 ca.)

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