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Schantz Organ Co. Opus 1255 (1975)

First Jenison Christian Reformed Church / Bethel United Reformed Church
8360 Cottonwood Drive
Jenison, MI

Images

2009-07-31 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-11-08 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-07-31 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-07-31 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-07-31 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-07-31 - Chancel, Console, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
38 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-08-02 - Identified through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ was originally purchased in 1948 for the church's previous building at a cost of $18,000. The church had Schantz move and expand the organ when it built its current facility in 1975. The cost of this organ project was $26,000. Schantz also exchanged several ranks for new ones. The organ was rededicated in July of 1975 when the church's three organists all took part in a dedication program. -Database Manager

2009-08-03 - Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -Database Manager

2009-08-10 - Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -Database Manager

2016-08-07 - First Jenison CRC held its last worship service in July of 2016. As of December 2016, the building is owned by Bethel United Reformed Church, which previously worshiped in a different facility in Jenison. It appears from YouTube videos that the organ is still in place and is being used by the Bethel congregation. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (July 31, 2009) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Jenison, Michigan
FIRST JENISON CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

Built by Schantz Organ Company, 1948 (Opus 42)
Relocated and Expanded by Schantz, 1975 (Opus 1255)
__________________________________________________________________________

GREAT:                                  SWELL:
    8' Principal +         61 pipes        16' Bourdon           12 pipes
    8' Rohrflute +         61 pipes         8' Diapason          73 pipes
    8' Dulciana                [CH]         8' Stopped Diapason  73 pipes
    4' Octave +            61 pipes         8' Salicional        73 pipes
    4' Spitzflute +        61 pipes         8' Voix Celeste      61 pipes
    4' Dulciana                [CH]         4' Principal *       73 pipes
   IV  Mixture +          244 pipes         4' Flute D'Amour     12 pipes
   II  Mixture            122 pipes     2 2/3' Nazard           extension
       Chimes                               2' Principal *      extension
                                            2' Flautino         extension
CHOIR:                                      8' Trompette +       61 pipes
    8' Geigen Diapason     73 pipes         8' Hautbois *        61 pipes
    8' Melodia             61 pipes            Tremulant
    8' Dulciana            73 pipes           
    8' Unda Maris          61 pipes
    4' Flute              extension     PEDAL:
    4' Dulciana            12 pipes        16' Major Bass        32 pipes
2 2/3' Dulciana Twelfth   extension        16' Gemshorn          32 pipes
    2' Dulciana Fifteenth extension        16' Lieblich Gedeckt      [SW]
    8' Clarinet            73 pipes         8' Principal *       56 pipes
       Tremulant                            8' Flute             32 pipes
                                            8' Dolce Flute           [SW]
COUPLERS:                                   8' Dulciana              [CH]
    Great 16, 4                             4' Super Octave      12 pipes
    Swell 16, 4                             4' Flute            extension
    Choir 16, Unison Off, 4                 2' Principal *      extension
    Great to Pedal 8, 4
    Swell to Pedal 8                     COMBINATION ACTION:
    Choir to Pedal 8                        5 General Thumb Pistons
    Swell to Great 16, 8, 4                 4 Great Thumb Pistons
    Choir to Great 16, 8, 4                 4 Choir Thumb Pistons
    Swell to Choir 16, 8, 4                 5 Swell Thumb Pistons 


+ = new pipes on existing chests in 1975  
* = new pipes and new chests in 1975                    

[Received on line from Chad Boorsma August 03, 2009.]

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