St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Henderson, Ky
Wicks 1939/1979
34 Ranks
Great


# Pipes
Principal 8' 61 
Bourdon 8' 61
Octave 4' 61
Koppel Flute 4' 12
Block Flute 2' 12
Sesquialtera  II 37
Mixture IV 244
Trumpet 8' 61
Great to Great 4'

Swell
 


# Pipes
Open Diapason  8' 61
Salicional 8' 61
Stopped Flute 8' 61
Voix Celeste T.C. 8' 49
Principal 4' 12 
Flute Harmonic 4' 61
Block Flute 2' 12
Nazard 2 2/3' 61
Plein Jeu III 183
Cornopean 8' 61
Cornopean 4' 12
Tremolo 

Swell to Swell 16'
Swell to Swell 4'
Swell Unison Off

Choir
 


# Pipes
Violone 16' 12
Viola 8' 61
Hohl Flute 8' 61
String Diapason 8' 61
Dulciana 8' 61
Unda Maris T.C. 8' 49
Octave Viola 4' 12
Hohl Flute 4' 12
Weit Principal 2' 61
Quint 1 1/3' 61
Clarinet 8' 61
Tremolo

Choir To Choir 16'
Choir To Choir 4'
Choir Unison Off

Pedal


# Pipes
Open Diapason 16' 32
Bourdon 16' 32
Violone (Choir) 16'
Lieblich Gedeckt (Swell) 16'
Octave 8' 12
Bourdon  8' 12
Choral Bass 4' 32
Flute 4' 24
Mixture IV 128
Bombarde (Great) 16' 12
Bombarde (Great) 8'
Bombarde (Great) 4'
Clarinet (Choir) 4'

 

Couplers
 

Great to Pedal 8' 
Swell to Pedal 8' 
Choir to Pedal 8' 
Choir to Swell 8' 
Swell to Great 16' 8' 4' 
Choir to Great 16' 8' 4' 
Swell to Choir 16' 8' 4'

Accessories
 

5 General Combinations 
3 Swell Combinations 
3 Great Combinations 
3 Choir Combinations 
3 Pedal Combinations 

Sforzando 

Choir Expression Pedal 
Swell Expression Pedal 
Crescendo Pedal 

General Cancel

HISTORY:Memorial stained glass window for Caspar Artes

The first pipe organ in the city of Henderson was installed in St. Paul's Church in 1859 by Simmons and Wilcox of Boston, Massachusetts. This organ was probably located in a gallery in the rear of the nave, before renovations provided for a divided chancel down front.  In those early years, Professor Casper Friedrich Artes, who was born in and studied music in Germany before immigrating to the U.S., served as organist in this parish for over a quarter of a century, providing a quality of musical inspiration which has been memorialized in a stained glass window in the church and writings of legendary proportions.*

Old Pilcher organ in chancel of St. Paul's.A second organ, built by Henry Pilcher Sons', replaced the original organ in 1909.  It was Opus 648 of this firm and contained 2 manuals and 24 stops. It was located on one side of the chancel area (photo at left). 

The present pipe organ in this historical building is a three-manual instrument of 34 ranks, built by the Wicks Organ Company of Highland, Illinois. The original Wicks divisions were installed in 1939, with some of the voicing by Henry V. Willis, grandson of the great English organ builder "Father Willis".  They were installed in two chamber to the left of the altar area, in what was once the vestry room.  Additional pipes both within the organ chambers and on the front walls of the chancel, along with a new console, were installed in 1979, with a re-dedication recital by Margaret Kimberling, parish organist at that time and a key member of our Evansville A.G.O. chapter.  Former chapter member, Matthew Boatman, was also parish organist around the early 1990s.  The current organist is Evalyn Champion (2009).

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-Historical information by Neal Biggers, St. Paul's Organist from 1995 to 2002 (from parish photos and records)
-Pilcher Organ details from the Organ Historical Society: http://organsociety.bsc.edu/index.html (accessed Dec 9, 2008)
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