Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Karl Wilhelm (Opus 76, 1980)

Location:

First Presbyterian Church
621 College Avenue
Wooster, OH 44691 US
Organ ID: 2305

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • 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: Slider
  • 37 ranks. 2,583 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 36 stops. 37 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider 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.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 36
  • Registers: 37
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 56
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on flat jambs.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard not meeting AGO standards.
  • Has Hitchdown Couplers
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on June 24, 2016:

Updated through online information from Warren Steel.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on February 27, 2010:

Updated through online information from Eric J. Gastier.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on March 01, 2007:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.

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 console & windchests 2/2/92
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ in rear gallery; left side: Photograph by Eric J. Gastier. Taken on 2004-04-17

Organ in rear gallery; directly below: Photograph by Eric J. Gastier. Taken on 2004-04-17

Keydesk; left perspective: Photograph by Eric J. Gastier. Taken on 2004-04-17

Great pipework, including V Mounted Cornet: Photograph by Eric J. Gastier. Taken on 2004-04-17

Swell pipework: Photograph by Eric J. Gastier. Taken on 2004-04-17