Music Trade Review
Issue: 1953 Vol. 112 N. 10 - Page 24
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Wicks Organ Installed in Seattle
Church Has 2495 Pipes, 110 Stops
WICKS ORGAN RECENTLY INSTALLED AT THE UNIVERSITY CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH, SEATTLE, WASH.
The Wicks Organ Co. of Highland,
111. during last month sold the organ
shown in the accompanying illustration
to the U n i v e r s i t y Congregational
Church of Seattle, Wash. ,
The organ contains 2495 pipes and
is played by a large three-manual con-
sole having 110 stops of the door-knob
type. It also contains an echo organ
which is playable on any of the three
manuals.
The accompanying picture was taken
on the inspection floor of the Wicks
factory where all Wicks pipe organs
are given a final testing before being
shipped and installed in a church.
Vacuum Cleaner Powers
1893 Kimball Reed Organ
William A. J. Dean, Chicago bank
clerk, began to take piano lessons to
encourage his daughter to learn. But
his daughter, Donna Mae. took a lively
interest in his progress and suggested
lessons for herself so they could play
duets together.
Scouting around, Mr. Dean purchased
an old 1893 Kimball reed organ from
The Salvation Army for 825. He re-
moved the grill work, music rack and
storage box above the manual, trimmed
PIANO MOVING EQUIPMENT
ELKAY PIANO
SLIDING BOARD
IN ACTION
Wizo Moving Van Pads
Spinet Piano Covers
Grand Piano Covers
Piano Straps a.id Keyboard Straps
Organ Covers
Organ and Piano Bench Covers
Custom-styled Piano Covers
Piano Hoist Belts and Irons
Piano Paper Covers
Self-locking Tackle Blocks
Piano Dolly Trucks
Piano Trucks for Grands and Uprights for
Moving on Stage and up and down
stairs
Furniture Ties.
We Ship Anywhere—Catalog on Request
ELKAY Products Co.
24
323-327 W. 16th St., New York 11, N.Y.
Tel. WAtkins 9-1148
it to spinet size, and installed a plain
oak board on top. Then he removed
the varnish and refinished the entire
organ.
Since the foot bellows which provid-
ed the organ's power were not usable,
Mr. Dean removed them and, for 810,
he secured a used tank-type vacuum
cleaner which he installed in the base-
ment, connecting the flexible hose to
the organ through a 2-inch hole he
drilled in the living room floor.
Then the problem arose how to con-
trol the amount of suction in the vacu-
um cleaner. Said Mr. Dean. "I went
to Ohmite Company, a Chicago manu-
facturer of rheastats, for advice. They
thought the request so unusual they
had one of their engineers study the
problem for me. In the end, they gave
me a 820 rheostat."
Donna Mae plays the organ by turn-
ing the cleaner on with a switch on
the manual. The cleaner can't be heard
upstairs, so there is no "obligato"
DONNA MAE DEAN PLAYING
HER ORGAN
from the basement. "We play duels
now, using the piano in the next
room," says Dean. "We both just
started studying music, and the fun is
worth much more than the 850 the
organ cost."
The story of this converted Kimball
reed organ appeared in the Chicago
Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune. Says
Mr. Dean, "I suppose the fact that I
started taking music lessons one month
and bought an old reed organ the
next made a pretty good story. The
phone calls, letters and personal visits
I have had since the first write-ups
have amazed me. Adding the vacuum
really brought forth the questions."
Green With Veneer Association
Announcement has been made of the
resignation of Burdett Green as Secre-
tary-Manager of the American Walnut
Manufacturers Association, who has
been named Executive Vice-President of
the Veneer Association.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, OCTOBER, 1963
1
Wicks Organ Installed in Seattle
Church Has 2495 Pipes, 110 Stops
WICKS ORGAN RECENTLY INSTALLED AT THE UNIVERSITY CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH, SEATTLE, WASH.
The Wicks Organ Co. of Highland,
111. during last month sold the organ
shown in the accompanying illustration
to the U n i v e r s i t y Congregational
Church of Seattle, Wash. ,
The organ contains 2495 pipes and
is played by a large three-manual con-
sole having 110 stops of the door-knob
type. It also contains an echo organ
which is playable on any of the three
manuals.
The accompanying picture was taken
on the inspection floor of the Wicks
factory where all Wicks pipe organs
are given a final testing before being
shipped and installed in a church.
Vacuum Cleaner Powers
1893 Kimball Reed Organ
William A. J. Dean, Chicago bank
clerk, began to take piano lessons to
encourage his daughter to learn. But
his daughter, Donna Mae. took a lively
interest in his progress and suggested
lessons for herself so they could play
duets together.
Scouting around, Mr. Dean purchased
an old 1893 Kimball reed organ from
The Salvation Army for 825. He re-
moved the grill work, music rack and
storage box above the manual, trimmed
PIANO MOVING EQUIPMENT
ELKAY PIANO
SLIDING BOARD
IN ACTION
Wizo Moving Van Pads
Spinet Piano Covers
Grand Piano Covers
Piano Straps a.id Keyboard Straps
Organ Covers
Organ and Piano Bench Covers
Custom-styled Piano Covers
Piano Hoist Belts and Irons
Piano Paper Covers
Self-locking Tackle Blocks
Piano Dolly Trucks
Piano Trucks for Grands and Uprights for
Moving on Stage and up and down
stairs
Furniture Ties.
We Ship Anywhere—Catalog on Request
ELKAY Products Co.
24
323-327 W. 16th St., New York 11, N.Y.
Tel. WAtkins 9-1148
it to spinet size, and installed a plain
oak board on top. Then he removed
the varnish and refinished the entire
organ.
Since the foot bellows which provid-
ed the organ's power were not usable,
Mr. Dean removed them and, for 810,
he secured a used tank-type vacuum
cleaner which he installed in the base-
ment, connecting the flexible hose to
the organ through a 2-inch hole he
drilled in the living room floor.
Then the problem arose how to con-
trol the amount of suction in the vacu-
um cleaner. Said Mr. Dean. "I went
to Ohmite Company, a Chicago manu-
facturer of rheastats, for advice. They
thought the request so unusual they
had one of their engineers study the
problem for me. In the end, they gave
me a 820 rheostat."
Donna Mae plays the organ by turn-
ing the cleaner on with a switch on
the manual. The cleaner can't be heard
upstairs, so there is no "obligato"
DONNA MAE DEAN PLAYING
HER ORGAN
from the basement. "We play duels
now, using the piano in the next
room," says Dean. "We both just
started studying music, and the fun is
worth much more than the 850 the
organ cost."
The story of this converted Kimball
reed organ appeared in the Chicago
Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune. Says
Mr. Dean, "I suppose the fact that I
started taking music lessons one month
and bought an old reed organ the
next made a pretty good story. The
phone calls, letters and personal visits
I have had since the first write-ups
have amazed me. Adding the vacuum
really brought forth the questions."
Green With Veneer Association
Announcement has been made of the
resignation of Burdett Green as Secre-
tary-Manager of the American Walnut
Manufacturers Association, who has
been named Executive Vice-President of
the Veneer Association.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, OCTOBER, 1963
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