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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.
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Wicks Organ Company, Highland, Illinois Rudolph Wurlitzer Company , Cincinnati, Ohio (1856–1988) Cornel Zimmer Organ Builders, Denver, North Carolina (1992–) [ 143 ]
C. B. Fisk was originally named Andover Organ Company and was founded in 1948 by Thomas W. Byers. Fisk partnered with Byers some years later. [3] Like Fisk, Byers was an organ builder that preferred manual organs over electric ones. [4] In 1958, Fisk became the full owner after buying out Byers's ownership interest. [4]
The organ is the only Austin-manufactured one remaining in the Southeast. [31] Opus 1215 – Saint Matthew Lutheran Church, Hanover, Pennsylvania. Organ has four manuals, 231 ranks, and is among the world's largest. (1924) [32] [33] Opus 1267 – First United Methodist Church, Elgin, Illinois – Restored by Rogers Instruments Corp. in 2004.
The instrument is more than double the size of the Oratory’s existing three-manual and pedal, 22-rank gallery organ from 1924 by the Wicks Organ Company of Highland, Illinois. The Wicks instrument replaced an even smaller two-manual and pedal, 15-rank instrument by J.G. Pfeffer & Sons of St. Louis from 1897.
Extensive landscaping to the grounds was introduced, the exterior was renewed, the copper dome restored and a 2,500-pipe Wicks organ installed. Bishop Bernard J. Ganter , third Bishop of Beaumont, and Monsignor Bennie Patillo undertook the building of a new cathedral center and chapel-office complex that was dedicated in 1991.
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.