Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 4591 (1965)

First Baptist Church/Genesis - the Church
309 N. Main Street
Royal Oak, MI

Images

2014-06-22 - Church exterior (Photograph by Mechelle Bell, via fourquare.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-03-04 - Church interior (Photograph by Allison Beaver, via the church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
30 stops
37 registers
3 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-07-26 - Identified through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -Database Manager

2007-09-28 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ is in regular use for 9:45 services, not used at 11:15 service (2006). -Database Manager

2015-03-08 - In 2000, they merged with the Kensington Community Church, Troy, Michigan, to become "Genesis - The Church," using the First Baptist Church facilities. Genesis is now a non-denominational church affiliated with the American Baptist Churches of Michigan and other church organizations. -Database Manager

2023-07-20 - The organ has a Wicks 'Eyeline' console. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> September 1965 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Royal Oak, Michigan
     First Baptist Church/Genesis - The Church

     Wicks   Op. 4591   1965   2/40
     _____________________________________________________________________

     GREAT                      SWELL                      PEDAL

 16' Quintaton     61        8' Bourdon          61    16' Principal    32
  8' Principal     61        8' Viole d'Gambe    61    16' Bourdon      32
  8' Gedeckt       61        8' Viole Celeste    49    16' Quintaton    GT
  8' Erzähler      61        4' Principal        61     8' Principal    12
  8' Erzähler Cel  49        4' Flute Harmonique 61     8' Bourdon      12
  4' Octave        61        2' Blockflöte       61     4' Octave       12
  4' Koppelflöte   61    1 1/3' Larigot          61     4' Nachthorn    32
  2' Fifteenth     61       IV  Mixture         244     2' Nachthorn    12
  1' Sifflöte      61       16' Regal            61   III  Mixture      96
 IV  Fourniture   244        8' Trompette        61    16' Trombone     32
III  Scharff      183        8' Clarinet         61    16' Regal        SW
  8' Trompette     61        4' Clarion          61     8' Trumpet      12
                                Tremolo                 4' Rohrschalmei 32
 
                [Received from Jeff Scofield March 8, 2015]