Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 2142 (1991)

Grand Valley State University: Cook-DeWitt Center
Allendale, MI

Images

2010-07-28 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-07-28 - Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-07-28 - Auditorium Interior and Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-07-28 - Building Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
2 manuals
20 stops
37 registers
4 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-11-24 - Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005. -Database Manager

2009-06-29 - Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The instrument is known as the "Jay and Betty Van Andel Organ." -Database Manager

2010-08-03 - Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ was dedicated on November 24, 1991, and a dedicatory concert was given the following day with George Shirley at the console. The Great I and Pedal divisions are exposed, the Swell division is under expression in the left chamber, and the Great II division is under expression in the right chamber. The instrument is located in an auditorium with excellent acoustics. -Database Manager

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

Stoplist

Stoplist courtesy of the Reuter Organ Company Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Allendale, Michigan
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
COOK-DEWITT CENTER

Reuter Organ Company    Opus 2142    1991     26 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN I: (facade)           GREAT ORGAN II: (expressive)
   8' Principal 61                   16' Bourdon 12
   4' Octave 61                       8' Violone 61
  IV  Mixture 244                     8' Bourdon 61
   8' Trompette [SW]                  4' Violone 12
                                      4' Koppelfloete 61
PEDAL ORGAN: (facade)                 2' Flachfloete 61
  32' Resultant                       8' Cromorne 61
  16' Principal 32                       Tremolo
  16' Subbass 32       
  16' Bourdon [GT]                SWELL ORGAN: (expressive)
   8' Principal 12                    8' Rohrflote 61
   8' Violone [GT]                    8' Viole de Gambe 61
   8' Subbass 12                      8' Viole Celeste [TC] 49
   8' Bourdon [GT]                    4' Principal 61
   4' Principal 12                    4' Hohlflute 61
   4' Violone [GT]                2 2/3' Nazard 61
  16' Trompette [SW]                  2' Blockfloete 12
   8' Trompette [SW]              1 3/5' Tierce 61
   4' Trompette [SW]                 IV  Plein Jeu 244
                                     16' Trompette 12
                                      8' Trompette 61
                                      8' Oboe 61 * 
   * added by Reuter in 1995          4' Trompette 12
                                         Tremolo

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • August 2, 2010]

Websites

GRAGO - Organs of Grand Rapids [Grand Valley State Univ. page] - Photograph, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)