Better Pipe Organ Database

Dobson Pipe Organ Builders Opus 45 (1989)

First Congregational Church: Miller Chapel
145 Capital Avenue NE
Battle Creek, MI

Images

2010-08-17 - Chapel Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-17 - Nave, Gallery, and Organ Case (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-17 - Gallery and Organ Case (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-17 - Organ Case and Keydesk (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-17 - Keydesk (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-17 - Chapel Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
13 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Sliding Stop Controls/Levers
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: None
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2005-05-03 - Information provided by John Panning, Dobson Pipe Organs, Ltd. -Database Manager

2007-04-19 - Updated through online information from Trevor Dodd. -Database Manager

2010-08-19 - Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The instrument was given in memory of Dr. Edwin Barnes, organist and chorister at the church from 1894-1930. The pipes were made by German pipe builders. -Database Manager

2010-12-18 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2016-05-22 - Updated through online information from Jim Miller. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console and dedication program Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Battle Creek, Michigan
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
MILLER CHAPEL

Dobson Organ Builders    Opus 45    15 ranks    1989
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GREAT:                      SWELL: (expressive)        PEDAL:
  8' Prestant 56                8' Gedackt 56            16' Subbass 32
  8' Rohrflöte 56               4' Rohrflöte 56           8' Subbass 12
  4' Octave 56              2 2/3' Nazard 56
  2' Super Octave 56            2' Gemshorn 56
 IV  Mixture 174            1 3/5' Tierce 56
  8' Trumpet 56                    Tremulant [affects entire instrument]

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • August 18, 2010]

Websites

Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd. - Op. 45 - Builder's Web Site: stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)