First United Methodist Church
Jamestown, ND
This project consists of the rebuilding of a 3 manual 31 rank Wicks organ. The oldest parts of the instrument date to 1919 with a rebuild and expansion in 1971. The electrical system was replaced as part of that rebuild but in recent years has been giving substantial problems with dead notes and dead stops due to contact failure. The desire was also expressed to have the overall tone of the organ broadened as the 1971 rebuild resulted in a very bright and top heavy sound. The Swell and Choir diapasons will be restored to 8' pitch rather than 4' and the great mixture repitched an octave lower.
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2/12/13
We picked up the console and the relay cabinets from the church and headed back to the shop to start work.
2/18/13
Ther first step is to remove all the old wiring and machinery from the relay cabinets and console. The new solid-state components will be installed in the existing relay cabinets and wired up to the unique Wicks cotter-pin junction board at the upper left.
The console has been cleaned out. The empty shell is to the right with the manuals and stop jambs in the background. The old coupler switches and wiring harness are on the floor to the left.
2/21/13
Now we start putting stuff back together.
The manuals have been drilled out for the new complement of memory/control buttons (pistons) and the stop jambs (upper right/lower left) have been cleaned out and had additional holes drilled to accomodate the additional stops. The new electrical contacts (white and black at the back end of the keys) have also been installed.
2/26/13
The new coupler rail and back panel are being fitted to the console. This slots above the top keyboard will house the coupler tabs.
"The Specs"
S P E C I F I C A T I O N S
For the restoration and expansion of a
3 manual and pedal pipe organ
located in
First United Methodist Church
Jamestown, ND
Remove the existing organ console and transport it to the Moe Pipe Organ Company where the following work will be done.
Install new stop action magnets along with new engraved draw knobs in the present side jambs to control the new stop list.
Install new coupler rail and music rack with stop controls for the couplers in order to provide more room for additional stops in the side jambs.
Install a new solid-state combination memory system with new key slips and pistons as follows
6 pistons affecting the Swell stops
Swell Cancel piston
6 pistons affecting the Great stops
Great Cancel piston
6 pistons affecting the Choir stops
Choir Cancel piston
6 pistons affecting the Pedal stops duplicated by toestuds
Pedal Cancel piston and toestud
12 General pistons affecting the entire organ 7-12 duplicated by toestuds
General Cancel piston
Great to Pedal Reversible piston and toestud
Swell to Pedal Reversible piston and toestud
Choir to Pedal Reversible piston and toestud
Swell to Great Reversible piston
Choir to Great Reversible piston
Celestes Off Reversible piston
Sforzando Reversible piston and toestud
Sforzando indicator lamp
Multiple memory levels
Install new contacts on the present manual keyboards
Install new contacts and mounting rail on the present pedal board
Install new solid-state coupler and MIDI system with the following features.
MIDI system including the following.
MIDI Sustain Toestud
12 position transposer
Install new solid-state rectifier (console power supply)
Deliver the rebuilt console to the church and install along with the following.
New solid-state relay system to operate the present pipes according to the new stoplist.
New solid-state rectifier (organ power supply)
New larger static bellows in the blower room to reduce the amount of wind sag that is heard when cull combinations of stops are played.
Make the following tonal additions and changes to round out the stoplist of the organ and bring the “pitch center” of the organ down to around 8' pitch rather than 4'.
Re-pitch the Great mixture to 2’ pitch and revoice to make it blend better with the Great Principal chorus.
Install a new 8' Geigen Principal of 12 pipes and windchest in the Choir to extend the present 4' Geigen Octave and provide 8' principal tone for the Choir.
Install new 8' Principal of 12 pipes and windchest in the Swell extending the present 4' Principal and providing 8' principal tone for the swell
Include a stop called 8' Diapason to play the Pedal 16' Principal at 8' pitch on the Great. This will provide another “principal” type sound for the great that will be a bit louder and fuller than the present Great Principal.
Include a stop called 32' Resultant in the pedal. This is derived from two existing pipes playing together and requires no additional pipework..
New Stoplist
Stops in bold print are only available if the corresponding
option is included in the project.
Great Organ
16' Contra Bass
8’ Diapason (pd)
8’ Principal 61 pipes
8’ Bourdon 61 pipes
8’ Hohl Flute (1-12 from Bourdon) 49 pipes
8’ Salicional (sw)
8’ Voix Celeste TC (sw)
8’ Dulciana (ch)
8’ Unda Maris TC (ch)
4’ Octave 61 pipes
4’ Wald Flute 12 pipes
2 2/3' Twelfth
2’ Super Octave 61 pipes
III Mixture 183 pipes
8' Trompette (sw)
Chimes
MIDI A
MIDI B
Swell Organ
16’ Lieblich Gedeckt
8’ Principal 61 pipes
8’ Stopped Flute 61 pipes
8’ Salicional 61 pipes
8’ Voix Celeste TC 49 pipes
4’ Octave 12 pipes
4’ Flute d’Amour 61 pipes
2 2/3’ Nazard 61 pipes
2’ Flach Flote 61 pipes
1 3/5’ Tierce TC 37 pipes
16’ Contra Trompette 12 pipes
8’ Trompette 61 pipes
8' Hautbois TC 49 pipes
4’ Clairon
4’ Hautbois Clairon 12 pipes
Tremolo
MIDI
Choir Organ
16’ Dolce TC
8’ Geigen Diapason 61 pipes
8’ Holz Gedeckt 61 pipes
8' Concert Flute (1-12 gedeckt)
8’ Dulciana 61 pipes
8’ Unda Maris TC 49 pipes
4’ Geigen Octave 12 pipes
4’ Harmonic Flute 61 pipes
2 2/3' Quint
2’ Nacht Horn 61 pipes
1 1/3’ Larigot
1' Sifflote
III Cymbal 183 pipes
8’ Cor Anglais 61 pipes
Tremolo
MIDI A
MIDI B
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Pedal Organ
32’ Resultant
16’ Open Diapason 32 pipes
16’ Bourdon 32 pipes
16’ Lieblich Gedeckt 12 pipes
8’ Principal Bass 12 pipes
8' Open Bass (gt)
8' Octave (sw)
8’ Gedeckt 12 pipes
8’ Gemshorn 32 pipes
4’ Choral Bass 12 pipes
4’ Flute 12 pipes
II Grave Mixture 2 2/3'
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16' Contra Trompette (sw)
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8’ Trompette (sw)
4’ Clairon (sw)
4' Hautbois (sw0
MIDI A
MIDI B
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’
Great to Great 16’
Great Unison Off
Great to Great 4’
Swell to Great 16’
Swell to Great 8’
Swell to Great 4’
Choir to Great 16’
Choir to Great 8’
Choir to Great 4’
Automatic Pedal
Swell to Swell 16’
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4’
Choir to Swell 8’
Choir to Choir 16’
Choir Unison Off
Choir to Choir 4’
Swell to Choir 16’
Swell to Choir 8’
Swell to Choir 4’
Great/Choir Transfer
Analysis of Pipework
Pedal 16’ Bourdon 56 Choir
Pedal 8’ Gemshorn 32 Choir
Swell 16’ Lieblich Gedeckt 73 Swell
Swell 8’ Salicional 61 Swell
Swell 8’ Voix Celeste TC 49 Swell
Swell 8’ Principal 73 Swell
Swell 4’ Flute d’Amour 61 Swell
Swell 2 2/3’ Nasat 61 Swell
Swell 2’ Flach Flote 61 Swell
Swell 1 3/5’ Tierce TC 37 Swell
Swell 16’ Trompette 73 Swell
Swell 4’ Hautbois 61 Swell
Great 8’ Principal 61 Great
Great 8’ Bourdon 61 Great
Great 4’ Octave 61 Great
Great 4’ Wald Flute 61 Great
Great 2’ Super Octave 61 Great
Great III Mixture – Rk 1 61 Great
Great III Mixture – Rk 2 61 Great
Great III Mixture – Rk 3 61 Great
Great Chimes 21 Choir
Choir 8’ Holz Gedeckt 61 Choir
Choir 8’ Dulciana 61 Choir
Choir 8’ Unda Maris TC 49 Choir
Choir 8’ Geigen Principal 73 Choir
Choir 4’ Flute Harmonic 61 Choir
Choir 2’ Nacht Horn 61 Choir
Choir III Cymbal 183 Choir
Choir 8’ Cor Anglais 61 Choir