Pipe Organ Database

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Wicks (Opus 688, 1927)

Location:

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
1706 W. Main St.
Belleville, IL 62226 US
Church
Organ ID: 35450

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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
  • 12 ranks. 5 divisions. 2 manuals. 22 stops. 120 registers.
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.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 22
  • Registers: 120
  • 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: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys above top manual.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on February 12, 2013:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on February 07, 2013:

An original installation of a new organ, identified through information from Dennis Dvorachek -- The original Wicks organ from which #6075 was rebuilt & expanded was Wicks #688 (from 1927) which had 16 ranks (some from another service company's expansion of the organ in the 1970's). Only 13 of those ranks are contained in #6075.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist courtesy of Dennis Dvorachek
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Facade and Console, circa 1976: Photograph by Dennis Dvorachek.

Facade and Console, circa 1976: Photograph by Dennis Dvorachek.

Console, circa 1976: Photograph by Dennis Dvorachek.

Rear Gallery and Facade, prior to 1986: Photograph by Dennis Dvorachek.