Masonic Temple: Amphitheater
233 East Fulton Street
Grand Rapids, MI
Images
2010-04-02 - Building Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2010-04-07 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2010-04-07 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2010-04-07 - Console and Antiphonal Chamber Grille (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2010-04-07 - Amphitheater Front and Chamber Grille in Ceiling (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2010-04-07 - Amphitheater Interior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2010-04-07 - Back of Amphitheater and Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- 3 manuals
- 45 stops
- 73 registers
- 4 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2008-04-28 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager
2010-04-08 - Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- The console is in a fixed position at the back of the amphitheater. The Antiphonal division is located in a chamber to the right of the console. The Great, Swell, and Pedal divisions are located in a chamber in the ceiling just in front of the stage. The organ replaced a rebuilt instrument that was damaged by fire. Henry Beard, Chicago representative for M. P. Möller, served as the consultant for the organ project. The cost of the organ was $20,992. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from factory specifications Source: Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives Date not recorded
Grand Rapids, Michigan
MASONIC TEMPLE
M. P. Möller Opus 7809 26 ranks 1949
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GREAT (I) SWELL (II)
8' Diapason 73 16' Rohrbourdon 12
8' Hohlfloete 73 8' Geigen Diapason 73
8' Chimney Flute [SW] 8' Chimney Flute 73
8' Dulciana 73 8' Viole De Game 73
4' Octave 73 8' Viole Celeste [GG] 65
4' Flute 12 4' Geigen Octave 12
4' Dulciana 12 4' Flute Triangulaire 73
III Mixture 183 4' Rohrfloete 12
8' Clarinet [ANT] 2 2/3' Nasard
Chimes [ANT] 2' Flautino
Tremolo III Plein Jeu 183
16' Contra Fagotto 73
PEDAL 8' Trumpet 73
16' Diapason [GT] 12 8' Oboe 12
16' Bourdon 32 8' Vox Humana 61
16' Rohrbourdon [SW] 4' Clarion 12
16' Contra Dulciana [GT] 12 Tremolo
10 2/3' Quint [Bourdon]
8' Octave 32 ANTIPHONAL (III)
8' Bourdon 12 8' Viola 73
8' Chimney Flute [SW] 8' Nason Flute 73
8' Dulciana [GT] 8' Salicional 73
4' Super Octave 12 8' Voix Celeste [TC] 61
4' Rohrfloete [SW] 4' Harmonic Flute 73
16' Contra Fagotto [SW] 8' Clarinet 73
Chimes [Deagan "D"] 21 bells
ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12
TONAL NOTES:
-Hohlfloete to be of large, clear tone; Flute Triangulaire to be
softer, and Chimney Flute to be about half the Hohlfloete strength.
No breaks to be in top octave of Chimney Flute unit; they are to
be small scale and quite soft.
-Viola to approach Geigen tone, as the foundational stop of the
Antiphonal organ. Harmonic Flute to be fairly bold in voicing.
-Contra Fagotto not be emphasized too much in lower octave for
Pedal use; its first consideration must be as a manual stop.
[Received on line from Chad Boorsma April 08, 2010.]
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