Better Pipe Organ Database

Fernand Létourneau Opus 51 (2000)

First United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
212 S. Park Street
Kalamazoo, MI

Images

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

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

2011-06-30 - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

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

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

2011-06-30 - Right Organ Case (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

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

2011-06-30 - Balcony Stained Glass Window (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
47 stops
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped 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: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-05-08 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Replaced E. M. Skinner Opus 710 (1928). -Database Manager

2009-11-27 - Updated through on-line information from John Gouwens. -- Most of the organ is on the left side, with tracker action. The Pedal division is on the right side, with electric action of some sort. Due to structural issue in the church, console is peculiarly placed about five feet above chancel floor level, back left corner. -Database Manager

2025-03-14 - According to Roman Lizak, the console sits up 5’ above the chancel floor because the manual key action is direct mechanical. The trackers run down the console, under the floor, and up behind the console all the way up to the chamber. The pedal is on E-P chests. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from builder's website and from the console (June 30, 2011) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Kalamazoo, Michigan
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Letourneau    Opus 51    52 ranks    2000
_____________________________________________________________

GRAND-ORGUE:                    POSITIV:
   16' Bourdon 61                   8' Bourdon 61
    8' Montre 61                    8' Cor de Chamois 61
    8' Flûte Harmonique 61          4' Prestant 61
    8' Flûte à Cheminée 61          4' Flûte à Cheminée 61
    4' Prestant 61                  2' Doublette 61
    4' Flûte Conique 61         1 1/3' Larigot 56
2 2/3' Quint 61                    II  Sesquialtera 122
    2' Doublette 61               III  Cymbale 183
   IV  Fourniture 244               8' Cromorne 61
    8' Trompette 61                    Tremulant
                                       Carillon
RECIT: (expressif)              
   16' Bourdon 61               PEDALE:
    8' Montre 61                   32' Résultant 
    8' Viole de Game 61            16' Contrebasse 32
    8' Voix Céleste 54             16' Soubasse 32
    4' Principal 61                16' Bourdon [REC]
    4' Flûte à Fuseau 61            8' Principal 32
2 2/3' Nazard 61                    8' Bourdon 12
    2' Flûte à Bec 61               4' Basse de Chorale 32
1 3/5' Tierce 61                  III  Fourniture 96
    V  Plein Jeu 305               32' Bombardon 12
   16' Basson 61                   16' Bombarde 32
    8' Trompette 61                16' Basson [REC]
    8' Oboe 61                      8' Trompette 12
    4' Clairon 61                   4' Chalumeau 32

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

Documents

(2000-03-12) Dedicatory program, via Roman Lizak -Jeff Scofield