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Wicks Organ Co. (1942)

WTMJ Radio: Auditorium Studio (Studio C)
720 E. Capitol Drive
Milwaukee, WI

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

Images

1943-07-22 - Organ console visible in pit below stage. Organ pipes hidden behind perforated panels in the upper half of the down stage wall. (Photograph from an archival source: theradiohistorian.org, submitted by Aaron Bolton/Aaron Bolton)

Likely 1942 - Console in pit. Organist unknown. (Unknown Photographer. Photo from station archives./Aaron Bolton)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
22 stops
53 registers
4 divisions

Notes

2022-05-06 - Most like the order was cancelled due to the start of World War II. -Jeff Scofield

2023-12-09 - This organ was constructed in 1941 or early 1942 for WTMJ's Auditorium Studio, and specifically tuned for FM broadcasting. It was sold to a Fred Weickhart in March of 1946, and removed by May of that year. WTMJ replaced it with a Hammond Electric Organ. A letter dated October 13, 1947 from WTMJ management, in response to an inquiry about the original organ, states that it was moved to and installed in the First United Church of Cincinnati, Ohio. -Aaron Bolton

2023-12-10 - I am a former employee of WTMJ-TV and conducted extensive research into the facility's history during my employment. -Aaron Bolton

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON October 1941 1941

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Radio Station WTMJ

Wicks, Opus ____, 194_  -  3/22
________________________________________________

       GREAT (encl w/Choir)
8'     Open Diapason             61
8'     2nd Diapason              61
8'     Harmonic Flute            61
8'     Viola                     61
8'     Viola Celeste       (tc)  49
8'     Gemshorn                  61
8'     Gemshorn Celeste    (tc)  49
4'     Octave                    12
4'     Flute Harmonic            12
4'     Gemshorn                  12
2 2/3' Gemshorn 12th              7
2'     Super Octave              12
8'     Trumpet                   61
       Tremulant
       Chimes                   (21)
       Vibra Harp               (49)
       Harp Celeste


       SWELL (Expressive)
16'    Lieblich Bourdon    (tc)  --
8'     Open Diapason             73
8'     Stopped Flute             73
8'     Spitzflöte                61
8'     Salicional                73
8'     Voix Celeste        (tc)  49
4'     Flute d'Amour             12
4'     Spitzflöte                12
4'     Violina                   12
2 2/3' Nazard          (spitzf)   7
2'     Flautina        (Spitzf)   5
16'     Contra Fagotto           73
8'     French Trumpet            73T
8'     English Horn              12
8'     Vox Humana                73
4'     Clarion        (Fr Tmpt)  12
       Tremulant


       CHOIR (Exp. w/Great)
16'    Dulciana                  61
8'     English Diapason          73
8'     Melodia                   73
8'     Flute Celeste       (tc)  61
8'     Dulciana                  12
4'     Flute                     12
4'     Dulciana                  12
2 2/3' Dulciana 12th              7
2'     Dulciana 15th              5
8'     Clarinet                  73
       Tremulant
       Chimes              (Gt)  --
       Vibra Harp          (Gt)  --
       Harp Celesta
       Vibra Harp Octave
       Harp Celesta Octave


       STRING ORGAN
12  Blank stoptabs


       PEDAL
16'    Open Diapason             32
16'    Bourdon             (Ch)  12
16'    Violone             (Gt)  12
16'    Dulciana            (Ch)  --
8'     Octave                    12
8'     Viola               (Gt)  --
8'     Gemshorn            (Gt)  --
8'     Flute               (Ch)  --
8'     Flauto Dolce        (Sw)  --
8'     Dulciana            (Ch)  --
4'     Super Octave        (Gt)  --
16'    Contra Fagotto      (Sw)  --
8'     Trumpet             (Gt)  --
4'     Clarion             (Gt)  --
       Chimes              (Gt)  --


[Received from Jeff Scofield May 6, 2022]

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