Paul Stapel

6421 Church of St. Pius X Loudonville, New York

pstapel — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:47:22 +0000

6421 Church of St. Pius X Loudonville, New York

Manual Compass CC to c4 – 61 notes
Pedal Compass CCC to G – 32 notes
Console: Drawknobs, 45 Degree Side jambs Built to AGO specifications, P&S Keys
Installed June 2004

Great (unenclosed)	Swell (enclosed)	Choir (enclosed)	Pedal
16 Violone [d]	16 Lieblich Gedeckt 1-12 [d]	8 Geigen [d]	32 Contre Bourdon [d]
8 First Open Diapason	8 Horn Diapason 1-12[d]	8 Concert Flute [d]	16 Open Wood [d]
8 Second Open Diapason	8 Stopped Diapason	8 Dulciana [d]	16 Open Metal [d]
8 Harmonic Flute	8 Melodia	8 Unda Maris [d]	16 Violone(gt) [d]
8 Viloncello(ch) [d]	8 Viola 1-12[d]	4 Octave [d]	16 Bourdon [d]
8 Cello Celeste(ch)	8 Viola Celeste TC [d]	4 Transverse Flute [d]	16 Lieblich Gedeckt (sw) 1-12[d]
4 Principal	8 Flauto Doice [d]	2 Harmonic Piccolo [d]	8 Principal
4 Flute Octaviante	8 Flute Celeste [d]	IV Mixture [d]	8 Gedeckt(sw)
2 2/3 Twelfth	4 Octave Diapason	8 Clarinet [d]	4 Choral Bass
2 Fifteenth	4 Transverse Flute	8 English Horn [d]	32 Double Ophicleide [d]
IV Mixture [d]	2/3 Nasard	8 French Horn	16 Ophicleide [d]
8 Trumpet [d]	2 Octavin	Tremolo	16 Double Trumpet [d]
8 Tuba Mirabilis (en chamade)	1 3/5 Tierce	Harp [d]	8 Tromba [d]
Chimes	V Plein Jeu [d]	Celesta [d]	8 Trumpet [d]
Tremolo	16 Double trumpet [d]	8 Tuba Mirabilis (gt)	4 English Horn (ch) [d]
Autometic Pedal	8 Chorus Trumpet [d]	MIDI A	8 Tuba Mirabilis (gt)
MIDI A	8 Oboe Horn [d]	MIDI B	MIDI A
MIDI B	8 Vox Humana [d]		MIDI B
	4 Clarion [d]
	Tremolo
	8 Tuba Mirabilis (gt)
	MIDI A
	MIDI B

[d] = digital ranks
Couplers
SG 16,8,4, CG 16,8,4, SC 16,8,4, GG 16,8,4, AG, AS, AC, AP, SS 16,8,4, CC 16,8,4, GP 8,4, SP 8,4, CP 8,4

Combination Action
8 Thumb Pistons and Cancel affecting the Great, 8 Thumb Pistons and Cancel affecting the Swell, 8 Thumb Pistons and Cancel affecting the Choir, 8 Thumb Pistons and Cancel affecting the Antiphonal, 8 Toe Studs and Cancel affecting the Pedal, 15 General Pistons affecting the entire organ duplicated by Toe Studs, General Cancel, Setter Piston, 99 Memory Levels.

Accessories
Balanced Swell Expression Pedal, Balanced Choir Expression Pedal, Crescendo Pedal, 6 Indicator Lights for Crescendo, Lock on Combination Setter, Wind Indicator Light, Music Rack Light, Pedal Light, Adjustable Bench with Back Rest, Great to Pedal Reversible – Thumb & Toe, Swell to Pedal Reversible – Thumb & Toe, Choir to Pedal Reversible – Thumb & Toe, 32′ Contre Bourdon Reversible – Thumb and Toe, 32′ Double Ophicleide Reversible – Thumb and Toe, Full Organ Reversible – Thumb & Toe ,Full Organ Indicator Light, Locking Motor Switch, Moveable Console with built-in casters, Wicks Exclusive Optical Keying System, Wicks Solid State Relay System, 13′ Position Transposer: 6 flat, normal 6 sharp, Tuba Mirabilis not affected by any couplers.

Douglas A. Campbell

pstapel — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:30:19 +0000

Mr. Campbell is the Wicks Regional Consultant, assisting Sales Directors in the Northeast. He also provides Technician Services to a number of churches and institutions. He maintains and tunes pipe organs from 13 to 50 ranks in size and several hybrid instruments. He is the only voicer authorized to perform final voicing on WICKS Royal Classic instruments on the East Coast.
Doug’s special abilities include assessment of existing instruments, a through knowledge of rebuilding requirements and the understanding of adaptive reuse of existing pipework in major re-building projects. His knowledge is often helpful in assisting Church committees understand the needs of their specific building, music program and worship styles. Acoustics, specification development, layout and design are areas that many committees can benefit from Doug’s specialized knowledge. He experience even extends to strategic fundraising. Mr. Campbell is also a member of the Board of Directors of the New York State Theatre and Musical Instruments Museum.

Douglas A. Campbell – Regional Consultant and Service Technician
23 Onondaga Street, Skaneateles, NY 13152
(315) 685-6895
(315) 708-6575

Vestal, NY

pstapel — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:01:53 +0000

Vestal United Methodist Church, Vestal, NY

This III/52 instrument was installed in 1993 in the Vestal United Methodist Church in Vestal, NY (near Binghamton) and is one of the first highly successful pipe/digital combination instruments installed by WICKS. 16 pipe ranks and 33 Walker Technology Digital Voices have served well anc caused much consternation by musicians who could not tell which of many of the sounds were digital and which weren’t!. Visits are encouraged to test your ears!. The moveable III manual console is to the left of the lectern. The swell is in the right (chamber), the choir and the pedal in the left. Peter Hartman, Organist; James Gleason, Music Director.

Detailed specifications of Wicks Pipe Organ installed in Vestal United Methodist Church coming soon…

CM 100 Digital Pipe Organ Module

Paul Stapel — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:43:01 +0000

CM-100 Digital Pipe Organ

The CM-100 pipe organ module is a simple way to quickly add additional stops to your pipe or digital organ. Following are some of the features CM-100 has:

This unit can be placed within reach of the organist, or installed within the organ to be operated by the existing organ controls.
The built-in Accupipe voicing controls are designed to mimic the effects gained from adjusting actual pipes.
Every stop withing the instrument can be “voiced” as a real rank of pipes.
With 6 audio channels, a variety of virtual pipe layouts are possible, giving the most authentic reproduction possible.
Physical modeling techniques lend the CM-100 dynamic, authentic pipe sounds that can be quickly and easily adjusted, saved, and called up at any time.
Twelve stops are available through the interface, however, Wicks provides a library of 70 voices in every unit.
These 70 stops were designed by the Wicks Organ Company based on real pipes for use in these modules.
Any of these stops can be assigned to the twelve available stop switches.
With a simple MIDI interface, the CM-100 quickly brings additional life and flexibility to your existing pi9pe, combination, or digital organ.
The module can also be interfaced with your existing pipe, combination, or digital organ.
The module can also be interfaced with your existing pipe organ controls to add additional celestes, pedal ranks, or reeds, to name a few.

The New Royal Classic III

Paul Stapel — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:41:47 +0000

The New Royal Classic III

The New Royal Classic III, the first digital organ that exactly reproduces the sounds of a traditional pipe organ at a fraction of the price.

A typical installation, as seen at left ,consists of a three manual, 50 rank digital organ (specifications below) is installed at St Thomas the Apostle RC Church, which is located at 35 Adams Place in Delmar, NY (near Albany). It is a full RCIII installation and is available to be played and heard by appointment.

WICKS is the ONLY pipe organ company which has authorized it’s name to be placed on a digital instrument because the pipes sampled for the instrument are all WICKS-voiced pipes. The WICKS American Classics are available for between $49,000 and $59,000 (barring unusual installation or acoustic costs). (Prices subject to change after January 30, 2009). Prices include individual voicing of the instrument to the acoustics of your facility and a ten year warranty.

It is a superb example of how a fine reproduction of true organ pipe sound can be had at a very low price!

We emphasize the quality value as that is a WICKS goal for all its customers, the best you can afford with no compromises at a given price level.

The Royal Classic is designed so that you can add real pipe ranks at any time your budget allows to add to the quality of the organ’s sound.

A notable example of how this can be done is installed in the First United Methodist Church in Oswego, NY (one hour north of Syracuse).

Specifications include using 5 ranks of real pipes (two Swell reeds, three Great principals and a Pedal 16 ft open wood of 32 pipes!) plus their original set of chimes.