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Wicks Organ Co. Opus 5563 (1976)

St. John the Baptist R. C. Church
10 School St.
Suncook, NH

Images

2020-02-17 - Console (Photograph by Eric/Database Manager)

2020-02-17 - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by Eric/Database Manager)

2020-02-17 - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by Eric/Database Manager)

Unknown - Organ Pipes (Photograph by Eric (2019)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
5 stops
27 registers
2 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: OHS Database photos posted February 17, 2020 Date not recorded

Allenstown (Suncook), New Hampshire
St. John the Baptist RC Church

WICKS ORGAN CO., Opus 5563, 1976 - Original Specifications


<u>GREAT (Expressive)</u>            <u>SWELL (Expressive)</u>            <u>PEDAL (Expressive)</u>
8'     Principal              8'     Rohr Flote             16'   Sub Bass
8'     Rohr Gedeckt           8'     Gemshorn               8'    Principal
8'     Gemshorn               8'     Erzahler Celeste       8'    Rohr Gedeckt
       blank                  4'     Gemshorn               4'    Choral Bass
8'     Erzahler Celeste       4'     Flote                  2'    Flote
4'     Principal              2 2/3' Quint                  8'    Petite Trompette
4'     Copula                 2'     Block Flote            4'    Petite Trompette
2'     Octave                 1'     Gemshorn
2'     Gemshorn               8'     Petite Trompette
III    Mixture                       Tremolo
8'     Petite Trompette
4'     Petite Trompette


<u>STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS</u>
16'    Sub Bass               (Ped)  12  Extension of the 8' Rohr Flote.
8'     Principal           (Gt/Ped)  61  Unenclosed.
8'     Rohr Flote              (Sw)  61
8'     Rohr Gedeckt        (Gt/Ped)  –-  Same as the 8' Rohr Flote.
8'     Gemshorn             (Sw/Gt)  61
8'     Erzahler Celeste     (Sw/Gt)  98  II-ranks, both tenor C. 1-12 from R.F.
4'     Principal               (Gt)  12  Extension of the 8' Principal.
4'     Choral Bass            (Ped)  –-  Same as the 4' Principal.
4'     Flote                   (Sw)  12  Extension of the 8' Rohr Flote.
4'     Copula                  (Gt)  –-  Same as the 4' Flote.
4'     Gemshorn                (Sw)  12  Extension of the 8' Gemshorn.    
2 2/3' Quint                   (Sw)   7  Extension of the 8' Rohr Flote.
2'     Octave                  (Gt)  12  Extension of the 8' Principal.
2'     Block Flote             (Sw)   5  Extension of the 8' Rohr Flote.
2'     Flote                  (Ped)  –-  Same as the 2' Block Flote.
2'     Gemshorn                (Gt)  12  Extension of the 8' Gemshorn.
1'     Gemshorn                (Sw)  –-  From the Gemshorn unit. Top 8ve repeats.
III    Mixture                 (Gt)  –-  Synthetic. Derive from Rohr Fl. & Gems.
8'     Petite Trompette (Sw/Gt/Ped)  61
4'     Petite Trompette    (Gt/Ped)  12  Extension of the 8' Petite Trompette.
       Tremolo                 (Sw)      Affects entire organ.


<u>PIPE SUMMARY</u>

Principal      Rohr Flote      Gemshorn      Erzahler Celeste      Petite Trompette
85 pipes       97 pipes        85 pipes      98 pipes              73 pipes


<u>COUPLERS</u>                                     <u>FINGER PISTONS</u>
None                                         None


<u>PEDAL MOVEMENTS</u>                              <u>TOE STUDS</u>                                 
Expression                   (bal.)          Undocumented
Crescendo                    (bal.)


<u>ACTION</u>: D-E ™       <u>STOPS</u>: 5       <u>REGISTERS</u>: 27       <u>RANKS</u>: 6       <u>PIPES</u>: 438


<u>NOTES</u>
The organ is free-standing and housed in an expressive enclosure in the rear gallery.
The entire Principal rank is unenclosed as are the 12 bass pipes of the 16' Sub Bass
extension. All other pipework in inside the swellbox. The console is in fixed position
to the left of the organ (when facing the rear) with the organist facing across the
gallery – altar to the right.

<u>Sources</u>: OHS Database photos


St. John the Baptist R. C. Church
10 School St. 
Allenstown (Suncook), NH. 03275
(603) 485-3113                               <u>Documented</u>: February 19, 2020

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