Lauck Pipe Organ Co.
1999
Originally Wicks Organ Co. (Opus 5785, 1980)
Basilica of St. Adalbert
Basilica
701 Fourth Street NW
Grand Rapids, MI, US
72 Ranks - 4,154 Pipes
Instrument ID: 46954 ● Builder ID: 3622 ● Location ID: 17567
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions82 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ 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: Computerized/Digital
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Database Manager on July 16th, 2010:
Identified through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ was originally built by Wicks Organ Company in 1980 as their Opus 5785. The work in 1999 including changing the organ to solid state and tonal work, including revoicing. The console was upgraded further in 2001 by Lauck Pipe Organ Company when it received new drawknobs, keyboards, stop jambs, and woodwork. The organ was rededicated on May 2, 1999, as the Joseph A. Westdorp Basilica Memorial Organ, in honor of his 40 years as music director.
Identified through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ was originally built by Wicks Organ Company in 1980 as their Opus 5785. The work in 1999 including changing the organ to solid state and tonal work, including revoicing. The console was upgraded further in 2001 by Lauck Pipe Organ Company when it received new drawknobs, keyboards, stop jambs, and woodwork. The organ was rededicated on May 2, 1999, as the Joseph A. Westdorp Basilica Memorial Organ, in honor of his 40 years as music director.
Related Instrument Entries: Wicks Pipe Organ Co. (Opus 5785, 1980) , Goulding & Wood, Inc. (2022)
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