Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 5770 (1983)

Residence: Albert W. Bilgen
Lake Forest, IL

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

Images

2017 - Chamber interior (Photograph by Art Thompson/Art Thompson)

2017 - Looking into the chamber (Photograph by Art Thompson/Art Thompson)

2017 - Percussions (Photograph by Art Thompson/Art Thompson)

Unknown - Chamber interior (Photograph by Art Thompson/Art Thompson)

2017 - Console (Photograph by Art Thompson/Art Thompson)

2017 - Organ chamber (Photograph by Art Thompson/Art Thompson )

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
2 manuals
8 stops
46 registers
3 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: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons

Notes

2023-02-15 - This organ was originally built in 1979 as a traveling instrument for exibition at trade shows and home shows. instead of floor frames, it was set up on four 4' X 8' wheeled dollies that could be seperated with the componets still attached and loaded into a truck for transport. The Wicks Organ Company used this as a demonstrator for several years. In 1982, the organ was sold to Albert Bilgen, and he installed it in three different residences over his lifetime. In 2017, it was sold to Art Thompson of Nenana, Alaska. -Art Thompson

Stoplist

Source: Wicks Organ Co., courtesy of Roman Lizak September 17, 1982

       Lake Forest, Illinois
       Albert W. Bilgen Residence

       Wicks   Op. 5770   1983   2/8
       _____________________________________________

       SOLO                     PEDAL
   16' Tibia Clausa         32' Resultant
   16' Contra Gamba  tc     16' Tibia Clausa
   16' Contra Trompette     16' Bourdon
   16' English Horn  tc     16' Contra Trompette
    8' Diaphonic Diapason   16' English Horn
    8' Tibia Clausa          8' Diaphonic Diapason
    8' Gamba                 8' Tibia Clausa
    8' Gamba Celeste         8' Cello
    8' Concert Flute         8' Flute
    8' Trompette             8' Trompette
    8' English Horn          8' English Horn
    8' Vox Humana               Bass Drum
    4' Octave                   Cymbal
    4' Flute                    ACC to Pedal
    4' Piccolo                  SOLO to Pedal
    4' Gambette
    4' Gambette Celeste         TREMULANTS
2 2/3' Tibia Twelfth            Main
    2' Tibia Piccolo            Tibia Clausa
1 3/5' Tibia Tierce             English Horn
       Sub
       Unison Off               SOUND EFFECTS
       Super                    Siren
       Marimba                  Fire Gong
       Harp                     Steamboat Whistle
       Xylophone
       Glockenspiel             ANALYSIS
                            16' Trompette          73
       ACCOMPANIMENT         8' Diaphonic Diapason 73
    8' Diaphonic Diapason    8' Tibia Clausa       83
    8' Tibia Clausa          8' Gamba              73
    8' Gamba                 8' Gamba Celeste      49
    8' Gamba Celeste         8' Concert Flute      83
    8' Concert Flute         8' English Horn       61
    8' Trompette             8' Vox Humana         61
    8' English Horn             Marimba
    8' Vox Humana               Xylophone
    4' Octave                   Glockenspiel
    4' Piccolo                  Bass Drum
    4' Flute                    Snare Drum
    4' Gambette                 Cymbal
    4' Gambette Celeste         Tambourine
2 2/3' Flute Twelfth            Castanets
    2' Flute Piccolo            Siren
       Super                    Fire Gong
       Harp                     Steamboat Whistle   3
       Marimba
       Snare Drume
       Tambourine
       Castanets
       Cymbal

       [Received from Jeff Scofield October 9, 2022]