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Unknown Builder (19__)

Originally Wicks Organ Co. (Opus 1592, 1937)

Location:

Magdalen College
511 Kearsarge Mountain Rd.
Warner, NH 03278 US
Chapl; rear gallery
Organ ID: 71932

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Colleges and Universities
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition needs attention, but in usable condition.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on October 13, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Wicks Direct Electric
  • 4 ranks. 1 divisions. 2 manuals. 4 stops.
All (unit):
  • Chest Type(s): Wicks Direct Electric chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Wicks Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on October 13, 2022.
Gallery:
  • Built by Wicks Organ Co.
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 1
  • Stops: 4
  • Position: Console in fixed position, right.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys above top manual.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on October 13, 2022.
Jim Stettner on October 13, 2022:

This entry represents the installation of a used organ. Identified by the Pelland Organ Co. via a YouTube video posted on Facebook.

The original home for this organ was Assumption R.C. Church in East Chicago, Indiana.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on October 13, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Campus chapel: Photograph from an archival source: College website, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 2020

Organ case on left side of gallery: Photograph by Richard Pelland (still capture from a video), submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2022-10-10

Pipework from the rear: Photograph by Richard Pelland (still capture from video), submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2022-10-10

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