Pipe Organ Database

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Schlicker Organ Co. (1966)

Location:

First Lutheran Church
916 Main St.
Williston, ND 58801 US
Organ ID: 27527

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ has been renovated with changes 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
  • 52 ranks. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 37 stops. 46 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) in a gallery 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: 37
  • Registers: 46
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Non-traditional style, as consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al.
  • Stop Controls: Tilting/rocking tablets above top manual.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on August 25, 2007:

Identified through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -- Saw this instrument in the erecting room at the Schlicker Organ Co. in 1966 - with updated information from the church's website. A new digital, solid state console, was installed in the fall of 2003 by the Nordlie Organ Company of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> May 1956: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on December 18, 2018.

Instrument Images:

Church Exterior: Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1960s).

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