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Wicks Organ Co. Opus 4671 (1966)

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
4 stops
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

2020-09-27 - Updated through online information for LTU graduate Jeffrey Nall, -- The school's four-rank Wicks practice instrument (Opus 4671, 1966) was removed and sold about five years ago. -Jim Stettner

2020-09-27 - This was a stock model "Forward Four". -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Taken from photos of the console; comparison with other identical models

Ruston, Louisiana
Louisiana Tech University

Wicks Organ Co., Opus 4671, 1966 - Original Specifications

GREAT (Expressive)            SWELL (Expressive)            PEDAL (Expressive)
  8     Principal               8     Gemshorn                16  Sub Bass
  8     Rohr Gedeckt            8     Rohr Flöte              8   Principal
  8     Gemshorn                4     Flute                   8   Rohr Gedeckt
  4     Principal               4     Gemshorn                4   Choral Bass
  4     Copula                  2-2/3 Quint                   4   Flute
  2     Octave                  2     Block Flöte             8   Fagot
  8     Fagott                  1-1/3 Larigot                 4   Fagot
        blank                   1     Gemshorn
        blank                   8     Fagot
        blank                         Tremolo
        blank


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16    Sub Bass                (Ped)  12   Extension of the 8' Rohr Gedeckt.
                                          Unexpressive.
8     Principal            (Gt/Ped)  61   Pipes 1-12, unexpressive.
8     Rohr Gedeckt         (Gt/Ped)  61
8     Rohr Flöte               (Sw)  --   Same as the 8' Rohr Gedeckt.
8     Gemshorn              (Gt/Sw)  --   From the 4' Gemshorn. 1-12 from the 8'
                                          Rohr Gedeckt.
4     Principal                (Gt)  12   Extension of the 8' Principal.
4     Choral Bass             (Ped)  --   Same as the 4' Principal.
4     Copula                   (Gt)  12   Extension of the 8' Rohr Gedeckt.
4     Flute                    (Sw)  --   Same as the 4' Copula.
4     Gemshorn                 (Sw)  61
2-2/3 Quint                    (Sw)  --   From the Rohr Gedeckt unit.
2     Octave                   (Gt)  12   Extension of the 8' Principal.
2     Block Flöte              (Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Rohr Gedeckt.
2     Flute                   (Ped)  --   Same as the 2' Block Flöte.

1-1/3 Larigot                  (Sw)  --   From the Rohr Gedeckt unit. Top 7 notes
                                          repeat. 
1     Gemshorn                 (Sw)  12   Extension of the Gemshorn unit. Top octave
                                          repeats.

8     Fagot             (Gt/Sw/Ped)  61
4     Clarion                  (Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Fagot.
4     Fagot                   (Ped)  --   Same as the 4' Clarion.
      Tremolo                  (Sw)       Affects the entire instrument.


PIPE SUMMARY
   
8' Principal        16' Bourdon/Rohr Gedeckt        4' Gemshorn        8' Fagott
85 pipes            97 pipes                        73 pipes           73 pipes


COUPLERS                                     FINGER PISTONS
None                                         None


PEDAL MOVEMENTS                              TOE STUDS
Expression                   (bal.)          None
Crescendo                    (bal.)


ACTION: D-E ™ unit       VOICES: 4       STOPS: 26       RANKS: 4       PIPES: 328


NOTES
The organ is free-standing and encased with glass expression louvers and an over-
hanging roof. The entire organ is under expression except for the bottom octaves
of the 8' Principal and 16' Sub Bass. The 8' Principal is behind the case, and 
the 16' Sub Bass is diatonically divided on either side of the case.

The organ was sold to a private party in Pearl, Mississippi who kept it in storage
for three years and decided his plans to use it weren't going to work out so he
sold it on eBay on September 23, 2018 for $6,000.

Sources: Wicks opus list; eBay photos of organ

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, LA.
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