Pipe Organ Database

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Wicks Pipe Organ Co. (Opus 4792, 1967)

Location:

Concordia Teachers College / Concordia University
800 N. Columbia Ave.
Seward, NE 68434 US
Music Center
Organ ID: 1021

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Colleges and Universities
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 7 ranks. 368 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 7 stops. 7 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 7
  • Registers: 7
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 56
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on flat jambs.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on August 29, 2012:

Updated through online information from Jeffrey Blersch. -- The organ is one of 12 practice organs in the Music Center of Concordia Universiry.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on March 29, 2009:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- 4-sectional facade with 20 pipes arranged: 4-6-6-4. Reverse-color keys. Pedal 16' Subbass at least partially outside the case.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Self-contained unit.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist taken from The Diapason, Sept. 1971, pg. 12.
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ: Photograph from an archival source: The American Organist, 1971, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1971