2012-07-18 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2008-05-28 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager
2012-07-18 - The organ was rebuilt over a period of 12 years ending in 2000. The instrument was combined with a Wicks organ (Opus 4095) that the congregation purchased from North Park University in Chicago. The Wicks instrument also included pipes from North Park's previous Möller (Opus 6688). Members of the congregation did much of the work, while other parts of the project were completed by Lauck Pipe Organ Company. -Database Manager
2012-07-18 - The congregation had a split in 1990. A group that retained the name First Netherlands Reformed Church built a new facility at 1261 Beckwith Ave. NE, also in Grand Rapids. The portion of the congregation that remained in this location became part of a new denomination called Heritage Netherlands Reformed. -Database Manager
Stoplist taken from factory specification Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Grand Rapids, Michigan
FIRST NETHERLANDS REFORMED CHURCH
M. P. Möller Opus 8217 16 ranks 1951
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GREAT: SWELL: PEDAL:
8' Principal 73 8' Geigen Diapason 85 16' Diapason pf
8' Melodia 85 8' Chimney Flute 85 16' Sub Bass 44
8' Gemshorn 85 8' Viole de Gambe 73 16' Rohrbourdon 12 [SW]
4' Octave 73 8' Viole Celeste [TC] 61 8' Bourdon
4' Flute 4' Geigen Octave 8' Rohrgedeckt [SW]
4' Gemshorn 4' Rohrflote 4' Rohrflote [SW]
II Grave Mixture 122 III Plein Jeu 183
Tremolo 8' Trumpet 85
8' Vox Humana 73
4' Clarion
Tremolo
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