The Herman Schlicker Organ of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ithaca, NY

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The contract for the Schlicker Organ of St. John’s was signed in July of 1963. The instrument was completed in 1967 and dedicated on Trinity Sunday, 21 May of that year. The organ’s console is three manuals plus pedal with thirty-eight stops controlling 2835 pipes. The Specification of the Organ is as follows:

Great Organ

  • 16’ Pommer
  • 8’ Principal
  • 8’ Spitzflöte
  • 4’ Octave
  • 4’ Hohl Flöte
  • 2’ Octave
  • V Mixture
  • 8’ Trumpet
  • Chimes
  • Swell to Great couplers 16’, 8’, 4’

Positiv Organ

  • 8’ Holz Gedeckt
  • 4’ Rohr Flöte
  • 2’ Principal
  • 1-1/3 Klein Nasat
  • 1’ Sifflöte
  • III Cymbel
  • 8’ Regal
  • Tremolo
  • Swell to Positiv couplers 8’, 4’

Swell Organ

  • 8’ Rohr Flöte
  • 8’ Dolce
  • 8’ Celeste
  • 4’ Gemshorn
  • 2-2/3 Nasat
  • 2’ Wald Flöte
  • 1-3/5 Terz
  • III Mixture
  • 16’ Basson
  • 8’ Schalmei
  • 4’ Clarion
  • Tremolo
  • Swell to Swell couplers 16’, 4’

Pedal Organ
 

  • 32’ Untersatz
  • 16’ Principal
  • 16’ Subbass
  • 8’ Octave
  • 8’ Gedeckt
  • 4’ Choral Bass
  • 4’ Gedeckt
  • III Mixture
  • 16’ Posaune
  • 16’ Basson
  • 8’ Trumpet
  • 4’ Cornett
  • Great, Swell, and Positive to Pedal couplers 8’
  • Six-bell Zimbelstern
  • Electro-mechanical piston system.