Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Pipe Organ Co. (Opus 2537, 1944)

Originally Wm. Schuelke Organ Co. (1909)

Location:

St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church
3140 Meramec St.
St. Louis, MO 63118 US
Organ ID: 19260

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
The organ's condition is unknown.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

Chests: Wicks Direct Electric
47 ranks. 3 manuals.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): Wicks Direct Electric chests
Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 3
Position: Console in fixed position, center.
Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons

We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Notes

Database Manager on March 29, 2012:

Updated through online information from Ron Yeater.  -- Because the organ was built during WWII, it was totally out of the question to provide ANY new pipework,    so the majority of the pipes WERE Scheulke.  A few ranks were scavenged from the factory studio organ    and ranks in storage. The factory records showing the bureaucratic hoops that had to be jumped through    to get this organ built make for interesting reading!

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

Database Manager on July 27, 2005:

Contract Oct. 1942. Dedicated late 1944. 4 ranks added from Wicks factory studio organ. Possibly rebuilt by Wicks later (c. 1947, adding 1 rank). Damaged in a 1994 fire and subsequently rebuilt by St. Louis Pipe Organ Co. There were possibly other alterations, as St. Louis Pipe Organ believed that not many of the existing ranks were Schuelke.