Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 3521 (1954)

Bethel Congregational Church: Sanctuary
480 E Jewett Blvd.
White Salmon, WA

Images

2023-01-08 - Pipework. Tromba in foreground (Photograph by Pastor Andy Wade, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-01-08 - Expression & crescendo shoes (Photograph by Pastor Andy Wade, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-01-08 - Console: Pedal stops (Photograph by Pastor Andy Wade, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-01-08 - Console: Swell stops (Photograph by Pastor Andy Wade, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-01-08 - Console: Great stops (Photograph by Pastor Andy Wade, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-01-08 - Console (Photograph by Pastor Andy Wade, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2020-11-04 - Sanctuary interior with console at right and chamber at left (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
4 stops
1 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2022-12-06 - This entry represents the installation of a new pipe organ. Identified from the Wicks opus list. -Jim Stettner

2023-02-19 - The Wicks opus list attributes this as a 4-rank organ, but there are 5 tonal resources: Principal, Viole de Gamba, Gedeckt, Dulciana, and Tromba. Unknown if a rank was prepared-for and later added, or if the company opus list is errant. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from submitted console photos February 19, 2023

White Salmon, Washington
Bethel Congregational Church

Wicks Organ Co., Opus 3521, 1954 - Original Specifications


      GREAT (Expressive)
16    Contra Viole
8     Principal
8     Viole d'Gamba
8     Gedeckt
8'    Dulciana
8     Quintadena   [Syn.]
4     Octave
4     Violina
4     Flute
4'    Dulciana
      blank
2     Flagelot  [sic]
8     Tromba
4     Clarion
      blank


      SWELL (Expressive)
16    Bourdon
8     Principal
8     Viole d'Gamba
8     Gedeckt
8'    Dulciana
4     Violina
4     Flute
2 2/3 Nazard
2     Flagelot  [sic]
8     Tromba
8     Orchestral Oboe
      Tremolo


      PEDAL (Expressive)
32    Resultant
16    Bourdon
8     Octave
8     Cello
8     Gedeckt
4     Super Octave
4     Flute
8     Tromba


      TONAL RESOURCES
16    Bourdon               97 pipes
8     Principal             73 pipes
8     Viole d'Gamba         73 pipes
8'    Dulciana              73 pipes  [not original]
8     Tromba                73 pipes


      FINGER PISTONS
General                  1 - 6
0             [General Cancel]


      TOE STUDS
Comb. Setter
Sforzando               (bal.)


      PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression        (bal.)   Entire organ
Crescendo               (bal.)