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Bethel Organ Opus 4400 |
Bethel Lutheran Church is now home to Wicks Opus 4400
originally installed and playable in the Wicks Studio. Construction
on the instrument began in 1963 and until recently has performed
service in the company studio for Wicks demonstrations.
A slideshow of the installation progress from start to finish is available.
A Time-lapse video of the building of the organ from start to finish.
Manual Compass CC to c4 - 61 notes Pedal Compass CCC to G - 32
notes Drawknobs with Coupler tilt tabs - Wood Core Keys
Installed in January, 2009.
Already a large instrument at over 60 ranks of pipes, many additional upgrades and modernizations took place for installation.
| Great (unenclosed) 16 Quintaton, 61 pipes 8 Prinzipal, 61 pipes 8 Gedeckt, 61 pipes 4 Prestant, 61 pipes 4 Waldflöte, 61 pipes 2 Oktave, 61 pipes II Tertian, 122 pipes III Mixtur, 183 pipes 8 Trompette en Chamade, 61 pipes 8 Krummhorn (Rückpositiv) Chimes, 25 tubes Blank Blank |
Rückpositiv (unenclosed) 8 Holzgedeckt, 61 pipes 4 Spillpfeife, 61 pipes 2 Flachflöte, 61 pipes 1 1/3 Quint, 61 pipes 1 Nachthorn, 61 pipes II Sesquialtera, 110 pipes III Klingende Cymbel, 183 pipes 16 Krummhorn, 61 pipes 8 Holzregal, 61 pipes Cymbelstern Blank |
| Swell (enclosed) 8 Rohrflöte, 61 pipes 8 Salicional, 61 pipes 8 Voix Celeste TC, 49 pipes 4 Spitz Principal, 61 pipes 4 Koppelföte, 61 pipes 2 2/3 Nazard, 61 pipes 2 Hohlflöte, 61 pipes 1 Flautino, 61 pipes III Scharff, 183 pipes 16 Pasaune, 12 pipes 16 Bassoon, 61 pipes 8 Trumpet, 61 pipes 8 Oboe [d] 4 Rohrschalmei, 61 pipes Tremolo Blank Blank |
Antiphonal (prepared) Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank |
| Choir (enclosed)
8 Geigan Principal, 61 pipes 8 Gemshorn, 12 pipes 8 Erzähler, 61 pipes 8 Erzähler Celeste TC, 49 pipes 8 Viole, 61 pipes 8 Viole Celeste, 61 pipes 4 Gemshorn, 61 pipes 2 Harmonic Clute, 61 pipes II Rauschpfeife, 122 pipes 8 Clarinet, 61 pipes 4 Hautbois, 61 pipes 8 Trompette en Chemade (Great) Tremolo Blank |
Pedal 32 Bordun [d] 32 Violone [d] 16 Kontra Bass, 32 pipes 16 Bordun, 32 pipes 16 Quintaton (Great) 8 Prinzipalbass, 32 pipes 8 Gedeckt, 32 pipes 8 Gemshorn (Choir) 4 Choralbass, 32 pipes 4 Copula, 12 pipes 2 Oktavbass, 12 pipes III Mixture, 96 pipes 32 Contra Bombarde [d] 32 Sordun, 32 pipes 16 Bombarde, 32 pipes 16 Posaune (Swell) 16 Bassoon (Swell) 8 Trumpet, 12 pipes 4 Cromorne (Rückpositiv) 8 Trompette en Chemade (Great) Chimes (Great) |
Couplers
Great to Pedal 8 | Great to Pedal 4 | Swell to Pedal 8 | Swell to
Pedal 4 | Choir to Pedal 8 | Choir to Pedal 4 | Positiv to Pedal 8 |
Swell to Great 16 | Swell to Great 8 | Swell to Great 4 | Choir to
Great 16 | Choir to Great 8 | Choir to Great 4 | Antiphonal on Great
| Antiphonal on Swell | Positiv to Great 8 | Choir to Swell 8 |
Positive to Swell 8 | Swell to Choir 16 | Swell to Choir 8 | Swell
to Choir 4 | Swell to Swell 16 | Swell Unison Off | Swell to Swell 4
| Choir to Choir 16 | Choir Unison Off | Choir to Choir 4 | Positiv
to Choir 8 | Antiphonal on Choir
Combination Action
10 General pistons affecting entire organ | 6 pistons affecting
Swell with cancel | 6 pistons affecting Great with cancel | 6
pistons affecting Choir with cancel | 6 pistons affecting Pedal with
cancel | Setter piston | General cancel | 128 memory levels |
Combination lock-out keyswitch
Accessories
Reversible programmable Sforzando thumb piston and toe stud | Great
to Pedal reversible | Swell to Pedal reversible | Choir to Pedal
reversible | Balanced Swell and Choir pedals | Programmable 60 stage
Crescendo pedal | Lock on combination setter | Wind indicator light
| 6 stage Crescendo indicator | 12 position transposer | Music rack
light | Sforzando indicator | CM-100 with automatic tuning for
digital stops | Prepared Antiphonal division | 16 stage expression
openings for Swell and Choir
More photos of the Organ [click here]
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