Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2354 (1961)

First Congregational Church (Chapel): Chapel
129 S. Park Street
Kalamazoo, MI

Images

2011-06-30 - Chapel Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-30 - Chapel Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-30 - Nave, Balcony, and Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-30 - Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-30 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
23 stops
3 divisions
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
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

2011-07-02 - The organ is in a chamber at the back of the balcony. The Great is exposed in front, with the rest of the pipes behind it. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (June 30, 2011) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Kalamazoo, Michigan
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
CHAPEL

Austin Organ Company    Opus 2354    19 ranks    1961
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GREAT:                    SWELL:                        PEDAL:
   8' Principal 61            8' Viola 61                16' Principal 12 [GT]
   8' Bourdon 61              8' Voix Celeste 49 [TC]    16' Gedeckt 32
   8' Gemshorn 61             8' Rohrgedeckt 61           8' Spitzprincipal 32
   4' Octave 61               4' Koppelflöte 61           8' Gedeckt 12
   2' Super Octave 61     2 2/3' Nazard 61                8' Gemshorn [GT]
 III  Mixture 183             2' Octavin 61               4' Choralbass 12
      Chimes [pf]         1 1/3' Larigot 54              16' Trompette 12 [SW]
                              8' Trompette 61             8' Trompette [SW]
                              4' Hautbois 61
                                 Tremolo

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • July 2, 2011]