Pipe Organ Database

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Wicks Organ Co. (Opus 3170, 1951)

Location:

St. Paul Roman Catholic Church
1412 Ninth Street
Highland, IL 62249 US
Organ ID: 38650

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • 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
  • 19 ranks. 1,262 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 41 stops. 19 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Wicks Direct Electric chests
  • Position: In gallery-level chambers 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: 41
  • Registers: 19
  • 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 on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • 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 January 20, 2009:

Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- In an e-mail dated 1/19/09, Wicks Service Manager William F. Bust indicated, "Op. 3170 was the result of a rebuilding of an earlier Wicks organ of which there seems to be no record." This earlier organ was evidently a 2-manual instrument, and most of the ranks were incorporated into the "new" 19-rank Opus 3170. The contract was signed in January of 1951. In 1974, the organ was replaced by Wicks Opus 5434 - installed at the front of the church. In 1975, Opus 3170 was sold to First Church of Christ, Scientist in Englewood, NJ - minus the 8' Salicional and Voix Celeste which were retained for Opus 5434.

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 a 1950's Wicks promotional booklet
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Nave, Balcony, Console, and Chamber Grillework: (1951) Wicks Promotional Booklet; image courtesy of James R. Stettner.