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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.
Wicks Organ Company, Highland, Illinois Rudolph Wurlitzer Company , North Tonawanda, New York (1856–1988) Cornel Zimmer Organ Builders, Denver, North Carolina (1992- ) [ 142 ]
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Levsen Organ Company is a manufacturer of pipe organs based in Buffalo, Iowa, which is near the Quad Cities. Rodney E. Levsen established a business to tune and repair electric pianos and organs in 1954. In 1965, Levsen began an association with the Wicks Organ Company, becoming a sales representative and installer.
The American Theatre Organ Society (ATOS) is an American non-profit organization, dedicated to preserving and promoting the theatre pipe organ and its musical art form. [ 1 ] ATOS consists of regional member-chapters, and is led by democratically elected leaders.
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]
The chancel area is separated from the nave by a large Gothic arch, behind which is a set of curtains which can block off that space when the chapel is being used for functions other than worship, though they are rarely used as such. The organ is situated on the back wall, with the largest pipes of the pedal division flanking the west door.
2 Wicks Organ and public domain documents and photos. 3 badly voiced, but cheap. 1 comment. 4 Name Changed. 2 comments. 5 Reverted. 1 comment. 6 Content. 2 comments.