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Wicks Organ Co. Opus 1498 (1936)

Residence: Mrs. Jan Pearson
Big Lake, MN

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

Images

1930's - Organ case and console (Photograph from an archival source: Scanned image from Wicks promotional literature, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
3 stops
20 registers
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

2021-04-06 - This original installation was identified by Jayson Engquist. It is a self-contained Sonatina model. The Pedal 16' Subbass comes from 12 free-reeds. The organ was acquired in 1996 by Stephen & Mary Ann Boe of St. Paul, Minnesota for their home. From whom they purchased the organ is not recorded. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the console

Big Lake, Minnesota
Residence: Mrs. Jan Pearson

WICKS ORGAN CO., Opus 1498, 1936 - Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive)              SWELL (Expressive)              PEDAL (Expressive)
   16'    Bourdon                  16'    Bourdon                  16'  Sub Bass
   8'     Flute                    8'     Stopped Flute            8'   Gedeckt
   8'     Salicional               8'     Quintadena               4'   Flute
   8'     Dulciana                 8'     Viola                    4'   Violina
   4'     Flute d'Amour            8'     Dulciana
   4'     Violina                  4'     Flute
   2'     Piccolo                  4'     Dulciana
                                   2-2/3' Nazard
                                   8'     Oboe


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
   16'    Sub Bass                 (Ped)  12  Free Reeds. Extension of 8' St. Flute.
   16'    Bourdon                (Sw/Gt)  –-  Tenor C. From the 8' St. Flute.
   8'     Stopped Flute             (Sw)  61
   8'     Flute                     (Gt)  –-  Same as the 8' Stopped Flute.
   8'     Gedeckt                  (Ped)  –-  Same as the 8' Stopped Flute.
   8'     Quintadena                (Sw)  –-  Synthetic.
   8'     Salicional                (Gt)  49  Tenor C. 1-12 from 8' St. Flute.
   8'     Viola                     (Sw)  –-  Same as 8' Salicional.
   8'     Dulciana               (Sw/Gt)  49  Tenor C. 1-12 from 8' St. Flute.
   4'     Flute d'Amour             (Gt)  12  Extension of the 8' St. Flute.
   4'     Flute                 (Sw/Ped)  –-  Same as the 4' Flute d'Amour.
   4'     Violina               (Gt/Ped)  12  Extension of the 8' Salicional.  
   4'     Dulciana                  (Sw)  12  Extension of the 8' Dulciana.
   2-2/3' Nazard                    (Sw)   7  Extension of the 8' St. Flute.
   2'     Piccolo                   (Gt)   5  Extension of the 8' St. Flute.
   8'     Oboe                      (Sw)  –-  Synthetic.


PIPE SUMMARY

   Sub Bass               Stopped Flute          Salicional             Dulciana
   12 reeds               85 pipes               49 pipes               61 pipes


                                  PEDAL MOVEMENTS
                        Expression                   (bal.)
                        Crescendo                    (bal.)


ACTION: Direct-Electric ™     VOICES: 3     STOPS: 20     RANKS: 3     PIPES: 195

[Typed stoplist courtesy of Stephen Boe; formatted by James R. Stettner]

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