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G.M. Buck Pipe Organs (2001)

First Reformed Church: Sanctuary
8425 Byron Center Ave. SW
Byron Center, MI

Images

2009-10-17 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-10-17 - console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-10-17 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
42 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: Computerized/Digital
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

2009-07-01 - Identified through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- Some digital stops were added at this time and the console was switched to solid state with 99 levels of memory. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taked from the console -- June 26, 2009 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Byron Center, Michigan
FIRST REFORMED CHURCH

Installed by Pels Pipe Organ Company (1952)
Enlarged by Lauck Organ Company (1980's)
Enlarged by G. M. Buck Pipe Organs (2001)

GREAT:                                 SWELL:
    8' Open Diapason                       16' Lieblich Gedeckt
    8' Stopped Diapason                     8' Rohrflote
    8' Dulciana                             8' Salicional
    8' Unda Maris                           8' Voix Celeste
    4' Octave                               8' Aeolean
    4' Flute                                8' String Ensemble
    2' Super Octave                         4' Principal
  III  Mixture                              4' Hohlflote
    8' Trumpet                              4' Violin
       Chimes                           2 2/3' Nazard
       Piano                                2' Principal
       Harpsichord                          8' Oboe
       Blank                                8' Clarinet
       MIDI Select I                           Harp
       MIDI Select II                          Bells
       Tremulant                               MIDI Select I
                                               MIDI Select II
PEDAL:                                         Tremulant
   32' Resultant        
   16' Bourdon                         COUPLERS:
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt                     Great to Great 4'
   16' Violone                              Swell to Great 16, 8', 4'
    8' Principal                            Swell to Swell 16', 4'
    8' Bourdon                              Swell Unison Off
    8' Gedeckt                              Great to Pedal 8', 4'
    8' Salicional                           Swell to Pedal 8', 4'
    4' Choral Bass                          
   32' Contra Bassoon                  ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS:
   16' Bassoon                              10 General Thumb Pistons  
    8' Trumpet                               6 Divisional Thumb Pistons
    8' Oboe                                  5 General Toe Studs
    4' Clarion                               5 Pedal Toe Studs
       MIDI Select I
       MIDI Select II                  OTHER FEATURES:
                                            99 Levels of Memory
                                            Transposer
                                            Playback
                                                                  

[Received on line from Chad Boorsma July 04, 2009.]

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