Pipe Organ Database

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Wicks Pipe Organ Co. (Opus 5125, 1971)

Location:

St. James Catholic Church
307 West Dixie Avenue
Elizabethtown, KY 42701 US
Organ ID: 53644

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jeff Scofield on December 18, 2020.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Wicks Direct Electric
  • 6 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 6 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Wicks Direct Electric chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 6
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
We received the most recent update for this console from Jeff Scofield on December 18, 2020.
Database Manager on September 24, 2014:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on September 16, 2014:

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by William Dunklin, using information found in vintage post card. -- A vintage postcard shows a pipe organ with exposed pipework in front of an organ chamber at the front left side of the modernist building. The church's website indicates the building was built during 1970 and occupied in 1971.

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

Instrument Images:

Church Interior, Altar, and Pipe Facade (ca. 1971): Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of William Dunklin.

Sanctuary and Pipe Facade: Photograph by David Schroth Jr.. Taken on 2017-02-26