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G.M. Buck Pipe Organs (2001)

First Reformed Church: Sanctuary
148 E. Central Ave.
Zeeland, MI

Images

2009-12-05 - Chancel and Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-12-05 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-12-13 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-05-29 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-05-29 - Choir Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-05-29 - Great Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-05-29 - Swell Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-05-29 - Swell Oboe and Trichter Regal Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
62 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)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-07-16 - Identified through on-line information from Chad Boorsma -- The organ was built by M. P. Moller in 1947. It was enlarged by Moller in 1972. In 2001, the organ was moved to the church's new sanctuary by G. M. Buck Pipe Organs, who also converted the console to a solid state system with playback, transposer, and 99 levels of memory. The Choir division is located in the right chamber, the Great in the center chamber, and the Swell in the left chamber. -Database Manager

2010-12-16 - Updated through on-line information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (June 2, 2008) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Zeeland, Michigan
FIRST REFORMED CHURCH

M. P. Möller   Opus 7478     1947
Enlarged by Möller in 1972
Rebuilt by G. M. Buck Pipe Organs in 2001

GREAT:                                   SWELL:
   16' Gemshorn           extension        16' Rohr Bourdon       97 pipes
    8' First Diapason      73 pipes         8' Geigen Principal   73 pipes
    8' Second Diapason    extension         8' Chimney Flute     extension
    8' Gemshorn            61 pipes         8' Salicional         73 pipes
    8' Hohlflote           73 pipes         8' Voix Celeste       64 pipes
    4' Principal          extension         4' Octave Geigen      73 pipes
    4' Octave              73 pipes         4' Harmonic Flute     61 pipes
    4' Koppelflote         61 pipes         4' Salicet           extension
    2' Super Octave        61 pipes         4' Salicet Celeste   extension
    2' Koppelflote        extension         2' Geigen Fifteenth  extension
   IV  Mixture            220 pipes         2' Flaution          extension
    8' Trumpet             61 pipes        16' Contra Oboe        85 pipes
       Chimes                  [CH]         8' Trompette          85 pipes
       Blank Drawknobs (7)                  8' Oboe              extension
                                            4' Clarion           extension
CHOIR:                                      4' Trichter Regal     61 pipes
    8' Concert Flute       85 pipes            Tremolo
    8' Dulciana            85 pipes            Blank Drawknobs (2)
    8' Unda Maris (tc)     61 pipes
    4' Spitz Principal     61 pipes      PEDAL:
    4' Flute              extension        32' Double Diapason   resultant
    4' Dulciana           extension        32' Contra Bourdon    resultant
    4' Unda Maris         extension        16' Diapason [GT]      12 pipes
2 2/3' Nazard              73 pipes        16' Gemshorn [GT]      12 pipes
    2' Doublette           61 pipes        16' Bourdon            32 pipes
    2' Piccolo            extension        16' RohrBourdon            [SW]
1 1/3' Larigot            extension         8' Octave             32 pipes
   II  Sesquialtera        98 pipes         8' Stopped Flute          [CH]
    8' Trumpet                 [GT]         8' RohrGedeckt            [SW]
    8' Clarinet            73 pipes         4' Super Octave       12 pipes
       Chimes                               4' Rohrflote              [SW]
       Tremolo                             16' Double Trumpet [GT]12 pipes
       Blank Drawknobs (7)                 16' Contra Oboe            [SW]
                                            8' Trompette              [SW]
COUPLERS:                                   8' Trumpet                [GT]
  Great to Pedal 8, 4                       4' Clarion                [GT]
  Swell to Pedal 8, 4                       4' Schalmei [SW]      12 pipes
  Choir to Pedal 8, 4                          Blank Drawknobs (4)
  Swell to Great 16, 8, 4                   
  Choir to Great 16, 8, 4                COMBINATION ACTION:
  Swell to Choir 16, 8, 4                   15 General Thumb Pistons
  Great 16, 4                               10 General Toe Studs
  Swell 16, Unison Off, 4                    8 Divisional Thumb Pistons
  Choir 16, Unison Off, 4                    4 Pedal Toe Studs
                                            
OTHER FEATURES:
  Playback
  Transposer
  99 Levels of Memory
  Master Expression
  Great/Choir Transfer

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