Fountain Street Church: Sanctuary
24 Fountain Street NE
Grand Rapids, MI
Images
2011-04-01 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2011-04-01 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2011-04-01 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2011-04-01 - Chancel, Console, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2011-04-01 - Nave, Gallery, and Gallery Pipe Facades (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2011-04-01 - Gallery Pipe Display and Trompette en Chamade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2011-04-01 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2011-04-01 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Movable Console
- 5 manuals
- 179 stops
- 9 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2005-01-08 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 31, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager
2007-08-19 - Updated through on-line information from Douglas W. Craw. -- The organ also includes 34 digital stops supplied by the Allen Organ Co. (who also built the 5 manual console). -Database Manager
2009-06-30 - Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma -- The previous organ was removed in July 2000, and installation began on the new instrument in August 2002. The organ was completed in April 2003. It was dedicated October 19, 2003. Recitals were held that year on October 19 (Karl Schrock), November 9 (James Kibbie), and November 28 (Carlo Curley). Jonathan Tuuk served as organ consultant on the project. -Database Manager
2011-04-03 - The organ's main pipe chamber is 39' wide, 40' tall, and 10' deep. The organ includes pipework from the builders who created and rebuilt the previous instrument (Skinner, Casavant, and Tellers). -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist taken from the dedication program Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Grand Rapids, Michigan
FOUNTAIN STREET CHURCH
Austin Organs Opus 2782 2003 138 ranks
Digital Stops by Allen Organ Company
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GREAT: (unenclosed) STRING: (digital/front and/or rear)
32' Contra Gamba * 8' Gamba
16' Subprincipal 8' Gamba Celeste
16' Bourdon 8' Viol d'Orchestra
8' 1st Diapason 8' Viol Celeste (+)
8' 2nd Diapason 8' Viol Celeste (-)
8' Flûte Harmonique 8' Dulcet
8' Bourdon 8' Dulcet Celeste
8' Violoncello 8' Vox Humana
5 1/3' Gross Quinte 8' Trompette en Chamade [GALL GT]
4' 1st Octave Tremulant
4' 2nd Octave MIDI
4' Flûte Conique
3 1/5' Gross Tierce GALLERY GREAT: (exposed/floating)
2 2/3' Twelfth 16' Bourdon
2' Fifteenth 8' Principal
1 3/5' Seventeenth 8' Bourdon
V Mixture 4' Octave
III Acuta 4' Rohr Flute
16' Double Trumpet 2 2/3' Twelfth
8' Trumpet 2' Fifteenth
4' Clarion IV Mixture
Tremulant 8' Trompette en Chamade
Chimes [18 tubes] 8' Trompette
MIDI Tremulant
Tower Bells
GALLERY SWELL: (digital/floating)
SWELL: (enclosed) 8' Geigen Diapason
16' Contre Gambe [ext] 8' Stopped Flute
16' Gedeckt 8' Salicional
8' Diapason 8' Voix Céleste
8' Concert Flute 8' Flûte Céleste II
8' Rohr Flute 4' Geigen Octave
8' Viole de Gambe 4' Travers Flute
8' Voix Céleste 4' Salicet Céleste II
8' Flûte Céleste II 4' Unda Maris II
4' Principal 2' Piccolo
4' Flûte Harmonique IV Plein Jeu
4' Unda Maris II 16' Waldhorn
2 2/3' Nazard Harmonique 8' Trumpet
2' Octave 8' Oboe
2' Piccolo Harmonique 8' Vox Humana
1 3/5' Tierce Harmonique 4' Clarion
VI Plein Jeu Tremulant
III Cymbale
32' Contre Fagott * GALLERY PEDAL: (digital)
16' Contre Trompette 32' Contre Violone
8' Trompette 16' Diapason
8' Hautbois 16' Violone
8' Flugelhorn 16' Rohr Bourdon
8' Vox Humana 8' Octave
5 1/3' Quinte Trompette 8' Rohr Bourdon
4' Clairon 4' Choral Bass
Tremulant 32' Contre Basson
MIDI 16' Basson
CHOIR: (enclosed) PEDAL: (unenclosed)
16' Quintadena 32' Double Open Wood *
8' Principal 32' Bourdon *
8' Gedackt 32' Contra Gamba [GT] *
8' Erzähler 16' 1st Open Wood
8' Erzähler Celeste 16' 2nd Open Wood *
8' Dulciana 16' Principal
8' Unda Maris [TC] 16' Violone
4' Octave 16' Subbass
4' Koppel Flute 16' Subprincipal [GT]
2 2/3' Nazard 16' Gamba [GT] *
2' Super Octave 16' Bourdon [GT]
2' Block Flute 16' Gedeckt [SW]
1 3/5' Tierce 16' Quintadena [CH]
1 1/3' Larigot 16' Contre Gambe [SW]
1' Sifflet 10 2/3' Gross Quinte [ext]
8/9' None 8' Open Wood [ext]
V Scharf 8' Octave
16' Fagotto 8' Violone [ext]
8' Trompete 8' Bourdon [ext]
8' Cromorne 8' Gamba [GT] *
8' Orchestral Oboe 8' Gedeckt [SW]
4' Rohr Schalmei 5 1/3' Twelfth
Tremulant 4' Choral Bass
8' Harp 4' Nachthorn
4' Celesta [ext] 2' Nachthorn [ext]
MIDI V Mixture
32' Contre Bombarde [ext]
SOLO: (enclosed) 32' Contre Fagott [SW] *
8' Open Diapason 16' Bombarde
8' Flauto Mirabilis 16' Tuba Magna [SOLO]
8' Cello 16' Basson
8' Cello Celeste 16' Double Trumpet [GT]
4' Octave 16' Contre Trompette [SW]
4' Harmonic Flute 16' Fagotto [CH]
2' Zauber Flute 8' Bombarde
V Mixture 8' Basson [ext]
IV Cornet 8' Trompette [SW]
16' Tumba Magna [unenclosed] 4' Clairon
8' Tuba Mirabilis [unenclosed] 4' Schalmei
8' Trompette en Chamade [GALL GT] 2' Kornett [ext]
8' French Horn MIDI
8' Corno de Bassetto
8' English Horn Zimbelstern
4' Tuba Clarion [unenclosed]
Tremulant * Digital Stop
MIDI
[Received online from Chad Boorsma • April 24, 2011]
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