Better Pipe Organ Database

Karl Wilhelm (2019)

St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church
2653 Ohio Avenue
St. Louis, MO

Images

Unknown - Organ in Rear Gallery (Photograph by Stephen Ball (January 2020)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
3 manuals
38 stops
39 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Balanced Tracker)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2019-05-16 - This entry describes a new home for an organ that was relocated without either tonal or mechanical changes. Identified by James R. Stettner, listing conversations with this person as the source of the information: Kerner & Merchant. The Wilhelm replaces a 1924 Wicks (Op. 507) whose renovation was contracted and in-progress when the Oratory asked to cancel the contract so that the Wilhelm could be purchased, rebuilt, and installed. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Copied from OHS Database account 8954 Date not recorded

St. Louis, Missouri
St. Francis de Sales RC Church (Oratory)

Karl Wilhelm, Inc., Opus 123, 1991 - Original Specifications
Karl Wilhelm, Inc., 2019 - Refurbishing, re-installation
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HAUPTWERK (II)                               SWELL ORGAN (III - Expressive)
   16'    Bourdon                   56          8'     Dolkan                    51 b
   8'     Prinzipal                 56          8'     Hohlflöte                 56
   8'     Rohrflöte                 56          8'     Celeste (TC)              44
   4'     Oktave                    56          4'     Prinzipal                 56
   4'     Spitzflöte                56          4'     Nachthorn                 56
   2 2/3' Quinte                    56          2'     Waldflöte                 56
   2'     Superoktave               56          III    Cornet 2 2/3' (f18-d51)  102
   V      Cornet 8'   (c25-d51)    135          IV     Mixtur 2'                224
   V      Mixtur 1 1/3'            280          16'    Basson                    56
   8'     Trompete                  56          8'     Oboe                      56
                                                       Tremolo                      c
RÜCKPOSITIV (I)
   8'     Gedackt                   56       PEDAL
   4'     Prinzipal                 56          16'    Prinzipal                 30
   4'     Rohrflöte                 56          16'    Subbass (wood)            30
   2 2/3' Nasat                     56          8'     Oktavbass      (ext 16')  12
   2'     Doublette                 56          8'     Bourdon                   25 d
   1 3/5' Tierce                    56          4'     Choralbass                30
   1 1/3' Larigot                   56          IV     Rauschpfeife 2 2/3'      120
   1 1/7' Septième                  56          16'    Posaune                   30
   IV     Scharf 1'                224          8'     Trompete                  30
   8'     Cromorne                  56          4'     Clairon                   30
          Tremolo                      a
                                                Rossignol
                                                Zimbelstern


COUPLERS (Labeled; l - r)                    PEDAL MOVEMENTS
RP - HW                          (h-d)          Swell Expression             (bal.)
RP - Ped                         (h-d)
HW - Ped                         (h-d)
SW - Ped                         (h-d)
SW - HW                          (h-d)


ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop     VOICES: 38     STOPS: 39     RANKS: 57     PIPES: 2,670


NOTES

a  Dom Bédos type
b  1-5 from Hohlflöte
c  modified Schnitger type
d  shares 5 notes with 16' Subbass

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#8943†* - Karl Wilhelm Opus 123 (1991)