Better Pipe Organ Database

Robert L. Sipe, Inc. (1982)

Third Reformed Church: Sanctuary
111 W. 13th Street
Holland, MI

Images

2010-07-12 - En chamade (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2010-07-12 - Lower facade and chamade from right (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2012-06-26 - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-06-26 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-06-26 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-06-26 - Organ Case and Trompette en Chamade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-06-26 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

1982 - Organ in rear balcony (Robert Sipe/Katie Sipe)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
3 manuals
35 stops
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2009-07-16 - Identified through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- This organ replaced a 1928 Austin organ. It was dedicated on September 19, 1982, during the morning worship service. Gerre Hancock, organmaster at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in New York City, played the dedicatory concert on November 14. In 1990, the Trompette en Chamade and more stops on the pedal (digital) were added to the organ. The console of the instrument is located in the balcony, but it not attached to the organ case. -Database Manager

2012-07-03 - The organ was modified in 2010 by David Wilson. Some pipes were replaced, while others were revoiced. The digital Pedal stops were replaced, and one was added to the Pedal. The console also received electric assists for the couplers and a new computer memory system. Cost of the project was $172,000. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (July 13, 2009) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Holland, Michigan
THIRD REFORMED CHURCH

Robert L. Sipe, Builder
Installed 1982 / Enlarged 1990

GREAT:                              POSITIV:
   16' Bourdon                          8' Holzgedeckt
    8' Principal                        8' Flute Conique
    8' Gedeckt                          4' Principal
    4' Octave                           4' Spillflote
    2' Super Octave                     2' Octave
 IV-V  Mixture                      1 1/3' Larigot
    8' Trompete                        IV  Scharf
       Tremulant                       16' Trompette En Chamade
                                        8' Trompette En Chamade
                                        8' Cromorne
                                           Tremulant

SWELL:                              PEDAL:
    8' Gemshorn                        32' Subbass (electronic)
    8' Gemshorn Celeste                16' Principal
    8' Rohrflote                       16' Subbass (electronic)
    4' Principal                        8' Octave
    4' Spitzflote                       4' Choralbass 
    2' Blockflote                      IV  Mixture
   II  Sesquialtera                    32' Contra Fagot
   IV  Mixture                         16' Posaune
   16' Basson
    8' Hautbois                    
       Tremulant                       

COUPLERS:                           COMBINATIONS:
   Swell to Great                       8 General Pistons
   Positiv to Great                     5 Divisional Pistons
   Swell to Positiv                     8 General Toe Studs
   Great to Pedal                       5 Pedal Toe Studs
   Swell to Pedal
   Positiv to Pedal
                                                
[Received on line from Chad Boorsma July 17, 2009.]

Websites

Third Reformed Church (Builder's web site) - Photograph, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#49930 - David Wilson (2010)