Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry [Heinrich] Reinisch (1908)

Guardian Angels Catholic Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
371 Fifth Street
Manistee, MI

Images

2022-06-06 - Church interior (Photograph by J Granger & Associates, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-08-26 - Organ Case and Facade (Photograph by Andrew A. Clark/Database Manager)

2013-12-20 - Original Reinisch Console (stop rail and <i>Freie Kombinationen</i>) (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)

2013-12-20 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)

2013-12-20 - Casework and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Nancy G. Keith/Database Manager)

2013-12-20 - Great Pipework (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)

2013-12-20 - Swell Pipework (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)

2013-12-20 - Reinisch Console (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
26 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Freie Kombinationen
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1997 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Releathered in 1976 by Art Donelson. Partially electrified c. 1985 with Austin console by parisioners with Larry M. Bahr and Art Donelson (deceased 1986). In 1996 pipe chests rebuilt by Larry M. Bahr & Jon Peterson with electric valves. Old reservoir replaced with 3 Organ Supply reservoirs. -Database Manager

2007-10-30 - Updated through online information from Andrew Clark. -- Beautiful stenciled facade and organ case -Database Manager

2013-06-24 - Updated through online information from Ryan McCauslin. -Database Manager

2014-01-16 - Updated through online information from Shawn P. Keith. -- 69 Beautifully stenciled case pipes, many of which are functional pipes of the Great 16' Open Diapason, 8' Open Diapason, and 8' Dulciana. -Database Manager

2014-01-20 - Updated through online information from Shawn P. Keith. -- "Swell Pedal" is on right, "Crescendo Decrescendo Pedal" is on left, reverse of AGO standard positions. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from original console, December 20, 2013 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Manistee Michigan
Guardian Angels R.C. Church

Henry Reinisch, 1908

GREAT - 61 notes, unenclosed, lower manual
16' Open Diapason
8' Open Diapason
8' Viola di Gamba
8' Dulciana
8' Melodia
4' Principal
4' Flute d'amour
2-2/3' Twelfth
2' Fifteenth
8' Trompet

SWELL - 61 notes, enclosed and expressive, upper manual
16' Bourdon
8' Violin Diapason
8' Salicional
8' Vox Celestes
8' Aeoline
8' Stopped Diapason
4' Violine
4' Flute Harm.
2' Flutine
Dolce Cornet 3 ranks
8' Oboe & Bassoon
8' Vox Humana
Swell Tremolo

PEDAL - 30 notes, unenclosed
16' Open Diapason
16' Bourdon Bass
16' Lieblich Gedackt
8' Violon Cello

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

NOTE: The stop and coupler controls are in a single line, divided in the center by the builder's plate
(between the 4' Violine and 4' Flute Harm.). There are no separations between divisions, but different
colors are used on the engraving plates on each rocker control to delineate between divisions; blue for
Great, pink for Swell, green for Pedal. The intermanual couplers are bi-colored.

 [Received from Shawn P. Keith 2014-01-18.]

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