Better Pipe Organ Database

Wangerin Organ Co. Opus 656 (1931)

Baptist Church / Store Next Door: Sanctuary, front
227 N. Elm St.
Cresco, IA

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

Images

2012-02-24 - Former Baptist church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: The Country Thrift Store Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

May, 2022 - Expression shutters (Photograph from an archival source: ebay listing, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

May 2022 - Pipework: Great at left, Swell at right (Photograph from an archival source: ebay listing, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

May, 2022 - Pipework: Great at left, Swell at right, Pedal against wall (Photograph from an archival source: ebay listing, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

May, 2022 - Keydesk (Photograph from an archival source: ebay listing, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

May, 2022 - Case and keydesk in profile (Photograph from an archival source: ebay listing, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

May, 2022 - Organ facade and attached keydesk in front (Photograph from an archival source: ebay listing, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
6 stops
3 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

2022-09-24 - This entry represents the installation of a new pipe organ. Identfied from an ebay sale listing. Originally listed for sale in May 2022. Renewed every month. Still listed end of Sept. 2022. -Jim Stettner

2022-09-24 - The building was later a retail store. The present owner, Brady Norman, will be converting it to apartments after the end of 2022. -Jim Stettner

2023-04-07 - The organ was removed from the church January 2023 and relocated to Wichita Kansas where it currently waits in storage. -Conner Blase

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from console photo 2022-09-23

Cresco, Iowa
Baptist Church / Store Next Door

Wangerin Organ Co. (Opus 656, 1930's)


    GREAT (Expressive)                  COUPLERS
8'  Open Diapason                       Swell to Pedal             8
8'  Dulciana                            Great to Pedal             8

Great to Great 16'                      Swell to Great          16,8,4
Great Unison Off
Great to Great 4'                       FINGER PISTONS
                                        None
    SWELL (Expressive)
8'  Stopped Diapason                    FOOT LEVERS
8'  Salicional                          Gt to Ped Rev  [?]       (rev)
8'  Vox Celeste
8'  Oboe                                PEDAL MOVEMENTS
    Tremulant                           Expression              (bal.)
                                        Crescendo               (bal.)
Swell to Swell 16'
Swell to Swell 4'

    PEDAL
16' Bourdon