Wicks Pipe Organ Co.
Opus 4497, 1965
Sacred Heart Catholic Cathedral
Sanctuary; rear gallery
296 Flower City Park
Rochester, NY, US
53 Ranks - 3,147 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions56 Stops44 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
The Wicks Opus List shows this organ as 53 ranks, 4 manuals, 1964
Database Manager on June 25th, 2018:
Virgil Fox played the inaugural recital in January 1966 with an incredible program that included Bach-s Passacaglia, Liszt-s Ad Nos Fantasia and Fugue, and Dupré-s Prelude and Fugue in G Minor.
Database Manager on November 28th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuilt by Wicks and relocated ca. 2004 to Mary Help of Christian RC Church, New Castle, Pennsylvania.
Database Manager on November 8th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Sam Cherubin.
Database Manager on June 11th, 2008:
Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- New Fritts organ to be delivered June 15, final voicing scheduled to be completed September 13, 2008.
Database Manager on December 12th, 2007:
Organ removed and sold; to be replaced by new Paul Fritts instrument in 2008.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1997
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
[Previously had 1902 Kimball moved from St. Patrick's Cathedral c. 1937. Replaced by 3m Tellers, which was replaced by this organ.] "Recently upgraded" [as of 1997] by Kerner & Merchant.
Webpage Links: Wicks Organ Company [Opus 4497 page] DEAD LINK
Related Instrument Entries: Unknown Builder (Opus 4497, 2005)
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