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Schantz Organ Co. Opus 261 (1957)

Central Reformed Church: Sanctuary
10 College Avenue Northeast
Grand Rapids, MI

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
4 manuals
33 stops
49 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)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical

Notes

2009-07-07 - Identified through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- Central's previous building was destroyed by fire. The new building, designed in an early-American, colonial style, was completed in 1957. The organ design was drawn up by A. C. Strahle, Schantz District Manager, for the Midwest. The instrument was dedicated on April 28, 1957, and an organ recital was held on May 28 of the same year with Dr. Robert Baker at the console. In 1982 the organ was rebuilt by Dial. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from the 1956 issue of the Diapason Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Grand Rapids, Michigan
CENTRAL REFORMED CHURCH

Schantz Organ Company -- 1957
Opus 261  4 manuals  41 ranks
Original stoplist before additions in 1982 and 1990

GREAT:                                SWELL:
    16' Gemshorn         61 pipes        16' Rohrgedeckt     73 pipes
     8' Principal        61 pipes         8' Geigen Diapason 73 pipes
     8' Hohlflote        61 pipes         8' Rohrflote       12 pipes
     8' Gemshorn         12 pipes         8' Viole           73 pipes
     4' Octave           61 pipes         8' Viole Celeste   61 pipes
     4' Flute Harmonique 61 pipes         4' Principal       73 pipes
 2 2/3' Twelfth          61 pipes         4' Waldflote       73 pipes
     2' Fifteenth        61 pipes         2' Piccolo         61 pipes
    IV  Fourniture      244 pipes        IV  Plein Jeu      244 pipes
        Tremolo                          16' Hautbois        73 pipes
        Chimes                            8' Trompette       73 pipes
        Sub                               4' Fagotto         73 pipes
        Unison Off                           Tremolo
        Super                                Sub
                                             Unison Off
CHOIR:
     8' Gedeckt          73 pipes     POSITIV (prepared for)
     8' Viola            73 pipes         8' Quintadena    
     8' Dulciana         73 pipes         4' Nachthorn
     8' Unda Maris       61 pipes     2 2/3' Nazard
     4' Koppelflote      73 pipes         2' Blockflote
 2 2/3' Nazard           61 pipes     1 1/3' Larigot
     2' Spitzflote       61 pipes         1' Sifflote
 1 3/5' Tierce           61 pipes       III  Zymbel
     8' Clarinet         73 pipes         8' Rohrschalmei
     8' Bombarde         29 pipes            Tremolo
        Tremolo                              Unison Off
        Sub
        Unison Off                    ANTIPHONAL-ECHO (prepared for)
        Super

PEDAL:
    16' Principal        32 pipes
    16' Bourdon          32 pipes
    16' Gemshorn            Great
    16' Rohrgedeckt         Swell
10 2/3' Quint
     8' Octave           32 pipes
     8' Bass Flute       12 pipes
     8' Gemshorn            Great
     8' Rohrflote           Swell
     4' Choralbass       12 pipes
     4' Bass Flute       12 pipes
     4' Rohrflote           Swell
   III  Mixture          96 pipes
    16' Double Trumpet   32 pipes
    16' Contra Hautbois     Swell
     8' Bombarde         12 pipes
     8' Hautbois            Swell
     4' Clarion          12 pipes

[Received on line from Chad Boorsma July 17, 2009.]

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