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Wicks Organ Co. (1982)

Location:

First Christian Church
1106 State Street
Bowling Green, KY 42101 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 44349

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Disciples of Christ / Christian Church
  • The organ is no longer a complete instrument; dispersed/parted out.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on July 12, 2019.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Wicks Direct Electric
  • 13 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 12 stops. 23 registers.
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 July 12, 2019.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 12
  • Registers: 23
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on July 12, 2019.
Database Manager on July 12, 2019:

Updated by William Dunklin, who has heard or played the organ. May 2019 the Wicks was parted out to make way for a larger rebuilt instrument to be installed by B. Rule & Company June / July 2019. A handful of ranks from the Wicks swell were retained for use in the new instrument. The rest of the Wicks was sent to the landfill.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on July 13, 2019.
Database Manager on June 01, 2015:

Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -- This organ includes some pipework from the church's previous Wicks organ, but all new chests were built in 1982.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on May 30, 2015:

The Swell division is in the right chamber, while the left chamber is empty (information received from Will Dunklin).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 25, 2009:

Identified through on-line information from Will Dunklin -- Installed 1982.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist courtesy of photographbystein.com
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Chancel and Great Pipe Display: Photograph by William Dunklin. Taken on 2015-05-15

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