First Reformed Church: Sanctuary
630 State Street
Holland, MI
Images
1962-09-22 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Displays (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Fréres Archives/Database Manager)
1962-09-22 - Choir Loft, Console, and Pipe Displays (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Fréres Archives/Database Manager)
1962-09-22 - Church Exterior (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Fréres Archives/Database Manager)
2009-07-29 - Chancel and organ; side view (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2009-07-29 - Sanctuary interior and organ from gallery (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2009-07-29 - Sanctuary interior from chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2009-07-29 - Church exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2009-07-29 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2009-07-29 - Console and Choir Loft (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2009-07-29 - Organ with en chamade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2009-07-29 - Chancel and organ; front view (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 3 manuals
- 27 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 combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2009-08-02 - Identified through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ was designed by the late Lawrence Phelps of Casavant. It was dedicated January 1, 1963 with a concert by Dr. Cyril E. Barker. The 16' Pedal Bourdon and Positiv tremulant were added in 1984 by Roger Davis, the Kleinheksel Trumpet was added in 1988 by Leslie Peart and Robert Dial, and the digital sounds on the Positiv and Pedal were added by Donald Haan from 1999-2001. -Database Manager
2019-06-25 - Four-manual Rodgers console and digital stops added in September 2016. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Holland, Michigan
First Reformed Church
Casavant Op. 2697 1962 3/37
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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GREAT POSITIV
8' Principal 61 8' Gedackt 61
8' Bourdon 61 4' Nachthorn 61
4' Octave 61 2' Gemshorn 61
4' Koppelflöte 61 1 1/3' Quintflöte 61
2' Superoctave 61 II Sesquialtera 122
IV Mixture 244 III Zimbel 183
Chimes 8' Krummhorn 61
Tower Bells
SWELL Harp
8' Viola 61
8' Viole Celeste 49 PEDAL
8' Rohrflöte 61 16' Subbass 32
4' Spitzprincipal 61 16' Quintade 32
2' Waldflöte 61 8' Octave 32
IV Scharff 244 8' Pommer 32
8' Trompette 61 4' Superoctave 32
Tremulant II Mixture 64
Sub 16' Posaune L/2 32
Super
[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 21, 2010.]
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