Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 3681 (1957)

Fifth Reformed Church: Sanctuary
2012 Griggs Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI

Images

2009-06-16 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-06-16 - Relay (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-06-16 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-06-16 - Swell Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-06-16 - Choir pipework (left); Great pipework (right) (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-06-16 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-01-14 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
44 stops
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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-06-17 - Identified through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- The Great and Choir divisions are located in the chamber to the right of the chancel area. The Swell division is located in the chamber to the left of the chancel area. Both pipe chambers are under expression. The organ was installed when the current sanctuary was completed in the fall of 1957. -Database Manager

2009-06-27 - Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -Database Manager

2015-05-06 - According to factory specifications, the remote console was built on a platform with additional cable so it could be moved for concerts. Also, the relay mechanism was enclosed in glass to keep it dust proof, so the Wicks company could use the organ as a demonstrator. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console -- June 16, 2009 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Grand Rapids, Michigan
FIFTH REFORMED CHURCH

Wicks Organ Company     Opus 3681     20 ranks     1957
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GREAT:                             CHOIR:
    8' Diapason          61            8' Gemshorn         GT
    8' Gemshorn          61            8' Spitzfloete      68
    8' Gedeckt           61            8' Dolcan           68
    4' Octave            61            8' Unda Maris [TC]  56      
    4' Gemshorn          12            4' Doppel Flute     61 
    4' Flute             12            4' Dolce            12
2 2/3' Twelfth           61        2 2/3' Dolce Twelfth     7
    2' Fifteenth         61            2' Dolce Fifteenth   5
       Chimes                          8' Clarinet [TC]    56   
       Blank (2)                          Tremolo
                                          Blank (2)

SWELL:                             PEDAL:
   16' Rohr Gedeckt      12           32' Resultant 
    8' Geigen Diapason   68           16' Open Diapason    12
    8' Stopped Flute     68           16' Bourdon          32
    8' Salicional        68           16' Rohr Gedeckt     SW
    8' Voix Celeste [TC] 56            8' Octave           32
    4' Flauto Traverso   68            8' Bass Flute       12
    4' Salicet           12            8' Cello            SW   
2 2/3' Quinte             7            8' Flauto Dolce     SW
    2' Flautino           5        5 1/3' Quinte
    8' Trompette         68            4' Choral Bass
    8' Oboe              68           16' Trombone         12 SW
    4' Clarion           12            8' Trompette        SW
       Tremolo                         4' Clarion          SW
       Blank (2)                          Chimes
                                          Blank

[Received online from Chad Boorsma - June 18, 2009]