Wicks Organ Co.
Opus 2293, 1941
St. Olaf College
Radio Station WCAL
1500 St. Olaf Avenue
Northfield, MN, US
19 Ranks
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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:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions19 Stops43 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionCrescendoCombination Thumb Piston(s)Coupler Toe 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 ExtantandNot Playable in this location
In late 1967 this organ was still used as a practice organ in Studio A. There had been a water leak that silenced the Pedal 16' Open, and the organ ciphered most of the time. After the fall semester it was no longer used for practice since practice there was futile. Pipes were located in chambers behind the stage and was heard on Norwegian church service broadcasts on radio station WCAL. The console was below the stage on the main floor, to the left side of the stage facing across the room.
Shortly thereafter it was rebuilt by Roland Rutz and installed at Evangelical Covenant Church in North Mankato, MN. When that congregation built a new church, the organ was parsed out for parts.
Database Manager on September 22nd, 2009:
Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Tonally finished by Henry V. Willis, with the exception of the Great trumpet.
Related Instrument Entries: Relocation & rebuild byRoland R. Rutz (Pipe Organ Co.) (1969)
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