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Wicks Organ Co. Opus 4802 (1967)

St. Paul's Catholic Cathedral
15 Chatham Street
Worcester, MA

OHS convention: 1983

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2011-05-29 - Cathedral exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-03-26 - Cathedral interior to front (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-03-26 - Chancel organ and exposed pipes (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
12 stops
24 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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

Notes

2021-05-18 - This was a Chancel Organ to complement 3/51 Casavant Op. 2419 installed in the gallery in 1957; the third manual of the Wicks console played the Gallery Organ; in 2000 Stephen J. Russell & Co. rebuilt both organs, with tonal changes and new consoles. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

       Worcester, Massachusetts
       St. Paul's R. C. Cathedral

       Wicks   Op. 4802   1967   3/13
       ____________________________________________

       GREAT                    PEDAL
    8' Prinzipal    61      16' Sub Bass         32
    8' Holzgedeckt  61      16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 SW
    8' Erzähler     SW       8' Principal        GT
    4' Prestant     12       8' Rohrflöte        SW
    4' Nachthorn    61   5 1/3' Quint            SW
    2' Flach Flute  61       4' Choralbass       GT
   II  Mixture     122       4' Hohl Flute       24
    8' Dulzian      SW      II  Mixture          GT
                             8' Dulzian          SW
       SWELL                 4' Dulzian          SW
    8' Rohrflöte    61
    8' Erzähler     49
    4' Spillpfeife  61
2 2/3' Nazat        61
    2' Block Flute  61
    1' Sifflöte     --
    8' Dulzian      61
       Tremulant

       [Received from Jeff Scofield May 17, 2021]

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