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Wicks Organ Co. (1926)

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

Images

ca. 2000 - Sanctuary interior as it would have looked before the 1973 organ rebuild and enlargement. (Photograph by Blue Heaven Studios, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1940's - Church exterior (Photograph from Blue Heaven Studios, submitted by Ronald Swedlund/Jim Stettner)

Notes

2021-04-10 - Identified through online information from Ronald Swedlund. -- Organ rebuilt in 1973, moved to present location in 1995, and is in storage. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Building where organ was installed, and housed until 1995: http://www.blueheavenstudios.com/ Owner's website: https://salinadisciples.com/ Source: Taken from pipe chests and 1973 console.

Salina, Kansas
First Christian Church

Wicks Organ Co., 1926
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      GREAT (Expressive)
8     Open Diapason              61 pipes
8     Gamba                      61 pipes
8     Melodia                    61 pipes
8     Dulciana                   61 pipes
4     Octave                     12 pipes (*)
4     Concert Flute              12 pipes (*)
8     Cornopean                  61 pipes
      Cathedral Chimes           32 tubes (**)

      SWELL (Expressive)
8     Violin Diapason            73 pipes
8     Stopped Diapason           61 pipes
8     Salicional                 73 pipes
8     Voix Celeste         (tc)  61 pipes
8     Aeoline                    73 pipes
4     Flute d’Amour              12 pipes (*)
4     Violina                    12 pipes (*)
2 2/3 Nazard                      7 pipes (*)
2     Piccolo                     5 pipes (*)
8     Oboe-Bassoon               73 pipes
8     Vox Humana                 73 pipes
      Tremolo (***)

      PEDAL
16    Bourdon                    32 pipes
16    Lieblich Gedeckt     (Sw)  12 pipes
8     Bass Flute                 12 pipes

* Hypothetical, based upon on study of contemporaneous, similar-sized Wicks organs.
** Mass Cathedral Chimes (Los Angeles, California):  C2-G4.
*** Acted upon entire organ.

COUPLERS
Not DOcumented

FINGER PISTONS
Not Documented

TOE STUDS
Not Documented

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

NOTES
The action is direct-electric™.  Unenclosed chimes were located on the chancel’s
left (Gospel) side, in a chamber;  the organ’s remainder was located on the chancel’s right (Epistle) side, in a chamber.  Facing the nave, both chambers
are behind ornamental grills.  Exempting the chimes, the organ was enclosed in
one swellbox.  The pipes faced, and spoke towards, not the chamber’s opening,
but the chamber’s left wall.

[Submitted by Dr. Ronald Swedlund; April 10, 2021]
[Formatted by James R. Stettner; April 10, 2021]

Documents

• Organ Specifications Description, stoplist, pipe analysis -Jim Stettner

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #65636†* - Wicks Organ Co. Opus 5298 (1973)

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