Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 2689 (1946)

First Presbyterian Church
101 N Prairie St.
Galesburg, IL

Images

1946-10-27 - Marcel Dupré at console of Wicks Organ, First Presbyterian Church, Galesburg, IL. October 27, 1946 (Photograph from an archival source: Wicks Organ LLC Archives, submitted by Cory Wright/Cory Wright)

0011-05-04 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
30 stops
40 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON October 1946

       Galesburg, Illinois
       First Presbyterian Church

       Wicks   Op. 2689   1946   3/34
       ________________________________________________

       GREAT                        CHOIR
   16' Open Diapason    61       8' Violin Diapason  73
    8' Open Diapason    61       8' Melodia          GT
    8' Melodia          61       8' Dulciana         GT
    8' Dulciana         61       8' Unda Maris       61
    4' Octave           61       8' Viola da Gamba   73
2 2/3' Twelfth          61       4' Harmonic Flute   73
    2' Fifteenth        61   1 3/5' Tierce           61
  III  Mixture         183   1 1/7' Septieme         61
    8' Trumpet          61       8' Clarinet         73

       SWELL                        PEDAL
   16' Lieblich Bourdon 73      16' Open Diapason    32
    8' Open Diapason    73      16' Bourdon          32
    8' Stopped Flute    12      16' Violone          32
    8' Viola            73      16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
    8' Voix Celeste     61       8' Octave           12
    8' Aeoline          73       8' Bass Flute       12
    4' Flauto Traverso  73       8' Cello            12
    4' Violina          12       8' Flauto Dolce     SW
    2' Flautino         61      16' Trombone      GT 12
  III  Mixture         183
    8' Cornopean        73
    8' Oboe             73
    4' French Trumpet   73

          [Received from Jeff Scofield June 3, 2022]

Documents

Wicks "Organ of the Month" ad from THE DIAPASON June 1947 Photos and commentary -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE DIAPASON October 1946 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield