Wicks Organ Co.
Opus 67298A, 1982

First Methodist Church / Chicago Temple

77 W. Washington St.
Chicago, IL, US

92 Ranks - 5,589 Pipes

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Builder: Unknown

Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left

Design: Traditional With Roll Top

Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Features:

4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal7 Divisions73 Stops93 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on December 15th, 2010:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- In 1982, Wicks installed a new console and 47 new ranks of pipes; sustained serious water damage May 6, 1988, when an upstairs sink overflowed; Wicks renovated the organ and converted the chests to Direct Electric action, completing the work in May of 1990; in 2008, Karstens OrganWorks, Ltd., installed a new console.

Database Manager on January 17th, 2006:

Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
Rebuild of E. M. Skinner Opus 414 (1923). Further enlarged by Wicks in 1991.

Related Instrument Entries: Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 414, 1923)

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