Wicks Organ Co.
Opus 3935, 2003

This organ was originally built in 1959 for the Franciscan Seminary of Theology in Teutopolis, Ill. In 1969 the seminary was transferred to St. Pascal-s Friary in Oakbrook, Ill., and the organ was purchased (for $8,000) by St. Jude Catholic Church, New Lenox, Ill. Wicks was contracted to move and rebuild the organ (for $5,364). In 2001 the organ was returned to the Wicks Shop for refurbishment and upgrading while a new church building was constructed. Added components were a transposer, 32 memory level, MIDI, MIDI Sequencer Control, Maple Wood Swell Box and Façade, Computerized Swell Box Control. The 2-manual console and matching organ bench were cleaned and brought back to their original beauty and the exposed metal pipes, originally black in color, were made a beautiful silver, capped with brass tuning covers. The organ was rededicated on April 3, 2003.