Better Pipe Organ Database

Schlicker Organ Co. (1967)

The Peoples Church: Sanctuary
200 W. Grand River Ave.
East Lansing, MI

Images

2015-08-05 - Nave and Balconies (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2015-08-05 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2015-08-05 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2015-08-05 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2015-08-05 - Chancel and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
35 stops
39 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
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

2005-09-20 - Identified through online information from Matt Emery. -- Around 1999 - 2000, instrument was completely releathered (due to disintegrating synthetic 'leathers' original to the instrument) and the combination action was replaced with a multi-level digitalized system. I am unaware that any tonal refinishing has been done on the organ. This instrument dates from the same time period (ca. 1969) as the tracker action Schlicker instrument at the Michigan State University School of Music. Corliss Arnold, Professor of Organ at Michigan State University in this period (and author of the well-known <i>Organ Literature: A Comprehensive Survey</i>), was also the Director of Music at The Peoples Church of East Lansing, and so was likely highly involved in the creation of both instruments. There is a third Schlicker organ of this same period in East Lansing, the small 2 manual electric action instrument at Martin Luther Chapel (a congregation of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod). I do not know what relationship may have existed between Arnold and that church. -Database Manager

2015-08-07 - The releathering and combination action work was completed by Fowler Organ Company. The organ has not been altered tonally (information courtesy of Brian Fowler). -Database Manager

2018-05-01 - The former organ, a 1926 3/42 Casavant, was destroyed by a fire on February 8, 1965, that originated in the organ's wiring; the sanctuary interior was rebuilt in contemporary style with 1,200 seats and a 3/47 Schlicker installed in 1967. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (August 5, 2015) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

East Lansing, Michigan
THE PEOPLES CHURCH

Schlicker Organ Company     Opus 9536     48 ranks    1967
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GREAT:                            SWELL:
   16' Gedeckt-Pommer 61              8' Rohrfloete 61
    8' Principal 61                   8' Salicional 61
    8' Spillfloete 61                 8' Celeste [TC] 49
    4' Octave 61                      4' Principal 61
    4' Hohlfloete 61                  4' Spitzfloete 61
    2' Principal 61               2 2/3' Nazard 61
    V  Mixture 305                    2' Waldfloete 61
    8' Trumpet 61                 1 3/5' Tierce 61
                                     IV  Mixture 244
PEDAL:                               16' Basson 12
   16' Principal 32                   8' Schalmei 61
   16' Subbass 32                     4' Clarion 61
    8' Octave 12                         Tremolo
    8' Metal Gedeckt 32    
    4' Choral Bass 32             POSITIV:
    4' Dolcan 32                      8' Gedeckt 61
   IV  Mixture 128                    4' Rohrfloete 61
   16' Posaune 32                     2' Principal 61
   16' Basson SW                      2' Nachthorn 61
    8' Trumpet 12                 1 1/3' Larigot 61
    4' Clarion 32                     1' Siffloete 61
                                     IV  Scharf 244
                                      8' Krummhorn 61
                                         Tremolo

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • August 7, 2015]