Beaverdam Reformed Church: Sanctuary
7250 Ransom Street
Zeeland, MI
Images
2015-02-08 - Swell Pipework ((Kilgen Trumpet on left). Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2015-02-08 - Swell Pipework ((Kilgen Trumpet on right). Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2014-12-31 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2014-12-31 - Hinners Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2014-12-31 - Hinners Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2014-12-31 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2012-01-11 - Chancel and Console (Photo by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2012-01-11 - Console (Photo by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2010-02-21 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2008-08-15 - Great Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2008-08-15 - Swell Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2008-08-15 - Pedal Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 2 manuals
- 18 stops
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- 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 coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2008-08-26 - Original Hinners previously rebuilt and enlarged by Mutchler Organ Company, 1980. -Database Manager
2008-08-26 - Enlargement of Mutchler work from 1980, done in conjunction with move to new building. -Database Manager
2009-05-17 - Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- Swem relocated the organ to the church's current facility. He added the 2' Flautino on the Swell (while the organ was still in the previous building), the Chimes on the Great, and the 16' Principal on the Pedal. -Database Manager
2015-09-06 - In early 2015, the Swell's Oboe (really a Fagotto rank) was replaced with a 1930's Kilgen Trumpet that was originally part of the organ at First Reformed Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Swem Pipe Organ completed the work. -Database Manager
2018-10-28 - The congregation disbanded and held its last worship service on December 31, 2017. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Typed Stoplist from Chad Boorsma Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Zeeland, Michigan
BEAVERDAM REFORMED CHURCH
Built by Hinners Organ Company (1905)
Rebuilt and Enlarged by Mutchler Organ Company (1982)
Moved and Enlarged by Swem Pipe Organ Maintenance (2001)
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GREAT: (unenclosed) SWELL: (under expression) PEDAL: (unenclosed)
8' Open Diapason 61 * 8' Violin Diapason 61 † 16' Principal 32
8' Melodia 61 8' Lieblich 61 16' Bourdon 32
8' Dulciana 61 8' Salicional 61 8' Octave 12
4' Principal 61 8' Vox Celeste [TC] 49 8' Bass Flute 12
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Flute Dolce 61 4' Choral Bass 12
2' Octave 61 2' Flautino 61
Chimes 20 tubes 8' Trumpet 61 •
Tremolo
* lowest 17 pipes in facade † lowest 10 pipes in facade
• replaced the Oboe (Fagotto) rank in early 2015
COUPLERS:
Great to Great 16' Swell to Swell 16' Great to Pedal 8'
Great to Great 4' Swell to Swell 4' Great to Pedal 4'
Great Unison Off Swell to Great 8' Swell to Pedal 8'
Swell to Great 4' Swell to Pedal 4'
COMBINATION ACTION:
4 General Thumb Pistons
4 Great/Pedal Thumb Pistons
4 Swell/Pedal Thumb Pistons
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