Wicks Pipe Organ Co.
Opus 5479, 1975
Originally Wicks (Opus 5479, 1975)
First Baptist Church
Sanctuary
318 East Broadway
Gainesville, TX, US
29 Ranks
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions23 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
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
Julius Coyle on February 9th, 2026:
Correction to previous note: the Hofmann organ at Bethlehem Lutheran in Beaumont had its trumpet mounted en chamade, and was 21 ranks in 1964.
Database Manager on October 3rd, 2010:
Identified through online information from John Dill. -- When built it was the smallest organ in Texas to have a Trompette en Chamade
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