July 2024 - Church exterior (Feryal Alayont/Jeff Scofield)
2006-05-10 - 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: <br><i> Rebuilt by M.P. Möller, #R-806 in 1969 with new four-manual console and fiftysix new ranks; after disastrous fire in 1988 replaced by M.P. Möller, #11810 in 1991.</i> -Database Manager
2010-04-08 - Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ featured an Echo-Antiphonal division of 11 ranks installed in the rear ceiling of the sanctuary, given as a memorial by Mr. and Mrs. Hayward N. Hoyt. Also included were a harp and chimes, the latter given as a memorial by the McBain family. -Database Manager
From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Grand Rapids, Michigan
First (Park) Congregational Church
Skinner Organ Company Opus 784 1929 4 manuals, 44 stops, 50 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Bourdon 5 PED 8' Geigen 73
8' First Diapason 61 8' Rohrflöte 73
8' Second Diapason 61 8' Salicional 73
8' Flute Harmonique 61 8' Voix Celeste 73
4' Octave 61 8' Flauto Dolce 73
4' Flute 61 8' Flute Celeste (TC) 61
II Grave Mixture 122 4' Octave Geigen 73
8' Tuba 61 (in CH) 4' Flute Triangulaire 73
8' French Horn 61 (in CH) V Mixture 305
16' Waldhorn 73
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Trumpet 73
16' Contra Gamba 73 8' Corno d'Amore 73
8' Cello 73 8' Vox Humana 73
8' Concert Flute 73 4' Clarion 73
8' Dulciana 73
8' Unda Maris (TC) 61 PEDAL ORGAN
4' Flute 73 16' Diapason 32
4' Dulciana 73 16' Bourdon 32
2 2/3' Nazard 61 16' Contra Gamba CH
8' Corno di Bassetto 73 8' Octave 12
Tremolo 8' Gedeckt 12
8' Harp (TC) -- 4' Flute 12
4' Celesta 61 bars 16' Trombone 32
16' Waldhorn SW
ECHO-ANTIPHONAL ORGAN 8' Tromba 12
8' Diapason 73 4' Clarion 12
8' Chimney Flute 73 Chimes GT
8' Gamba 73
8' Vox Angelica II 134 ECHO-ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
4' Octave 73 16' Subbass 32
4' Flute 73 16' Bourdon 32
8' Trumpet 73 8' Octave 12
8' Vox Humana 73 8' Gedeckt 12
Tremolo
Chimes 25 tubes
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-07-07]
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