Better Pipe Organ Database

(Carl) Barckhoff Church Organ Co. (1890 ca.)

Coopersville Baptist Church / Point of Grace Wedding Chapel/Residence: David Aiken: Sanctuary; front
334 Pine Street
Coopersville, MI

Images

2021-09-03 - Drawknobs (Photograph by David Aiken/David Aiken)

2011-07-15 - Building Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-07-15 - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-07-15 - Organ Case (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-07-15 - Keydesk (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-07-15 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-07-15 - Chapel Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-07-15 - Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
5 stops
5 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2011-07-16 - The building eventually became home to Coopersville Bible Church, and since 1992, the Point of Grace Wedding Chapel. According to the current owner, the organ was built in 1890, but the building was not built until 1925. It is not known where the organ was originally installed. At some point the organ was electrified; names of boys who pumped the organ are still written inside the organ case, however. The facade pipes were repainted by the current owner to match the gold as they were before she owned the building. However, plain gold may not have been the original design because a circular pattern on some of the pipes can still be seen through the paint. The organ is in excellent condition. -Database Manager

2020-12-17 - Building purchased by David Aiken in late 2020. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from the console July 15, 2011

Coopersville, Michigan
Coopersville Baptist Church.....(original bldg. owner)
Point of Grace Wedding Chapel...(previous owner)
Residence: David Aiken..........(present owner)

CARL BARCKHOFF CHURCH ORGAN COMPANY, ca. 1890
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 MANUAL                             COUPLERS (Mech. finger pistons)
    8' Open Diapason      58           Manual to Pedal   On/Off
    8' Stopᵈ Diapason     58
    8' Dulciana           58
    4' Principal          58
    4' Flute Harmonic     58
       Tremolo


ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop   VOICES: 5   STOPS: 5   RANKS: 5   PIPES: 290

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • July 16, 2011]