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The Wicks Organ Company was founded by Adolph Wick, John F. Wick, and Louis Wick in the early 1900s at their jewelry and watch making store in Highland, Illinois. A local priest asked John Wick to study organ; he studied organ at St. Louis University , St. Louis, Missouri , and then became the church organist.
Bedient Pipe Organ Company, Lincoln, Nebraska [128] ... Wicks Organ Company, Highland, Illinois; Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, Cincinnati, Ohio (1856–1988)
The Wicks organ, designed by Heny Vincent Willis. In 1938 the church became home to one of the most distinguished organs in Boston, a large 3 manual organ opus 1691 [5] built by the Wicks Organ Company It was designed by Henry Vincent Willis, grandson of "Father" Willis of the prestigious British organ building firm. Henry Vincent Willis was ...
The church features a pipe organ, built in 1967 by Wicks Organ Company of Highland, Illinois, with an additional Dulzian rank added later. The electro-pneumatic organ is at the front of the room, and exposed pipes. The organ was renovated by Quimby Pipe Organs of Warrensburg, Missouri in 2015. [5]
Pages in category "Pipe organ building companies" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total. ... Wicks Organ Company; Henry Willis & Sons;
For six generations since its founding in 1873, Schantz Organ Co. has worked on pipe and reed organs for churches across the globe.
St. Peter's houses a 1978 Wicks Organ Company pipe organ, Opus 5706. It is located in the rear gallery of the cathedral. Some of the pipes are exposed in the large case that frames a rose window. The organ features 5 divisions, 45 stops, 47 ranks, and 2,707 pipes. The manual compass is 61 notes and the pedal compass is 32 notes. [4]
On April 26, 1941 Ray Nelson entertained fans that showed up early with a pipe organ behind the ballpark's grandstands. The Chicago Tribune notes that Nelson had to cut the music before the first ...