Better Pipe Organ Database

E.F. Walcker & Cie. Opus 5229 (1969)

St. James Lutheran Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
2040 Oakwood Ave. NE
Grand Rapids, MI

Images

2010-11-22 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-11-22 - Nave, Balcony, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-11-22 - Balcony and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-11-22 - Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-11-22 - Swell Chamber and Shutters (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-11-22 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-11-22 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main - rear gallery

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
18 stops
18 registers
3 divisions
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 combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-07-31 - Identified through online information from Douglas W. Craw -- Details from the dedication folder. -Database Manager

2010-11-22 - The Swell is enclosed in the center behind clear Swell shades. The organ appears to have a Reisner console rather than the original one. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from the console November 22, 2010

Grand Rapids, Michigan
St. James Lutheran Church

E. F. Walcker & Cie, Opus 5229, 1969  -  23 ranks
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        MANUAL I:                       COUPLERS
8'      Prinzipal           61          Manual II to Pedal
8'      Rohrflöte           61          Manual I to Pedal
4'      Prinzipal           61
2'      Schwiegel           61          Manual II to Manual I
III-IV  Mixtur             237
8'      Trompete            61
                                        FINGER PISTONS
Manual I Super                          Undocumented


       MANUAL II (Expressive)           TOE STUDS
8'     Gedackt              61          Undocumented
8'     Weidenpfeife         61
4'     Nachthorn            61
2'     Oktave               61          PEDAL MOVEMENTS
1 1/3' Quinte               56          Manual II Expression     (bal.)
III    Scharff             183          Crescendo                (bal.)
8'     Krummhorn            61
       Tremolo
                                     
Manual II Super


       PEDAL:
16'    Subbass              32
8'     Octav Bass           32
8'     Gedeckt              32
4'     Choral Bass          32
16'    Fagot                32
        

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • November 23, 2010]