Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 4378 (1963)

Baldwin Street Christian Reformed Church: Sanctuary
2101 Baldwin Steet
Jenison, MI

Images

2015-09-01 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Displays (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2015-09-01 - Right Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2015-09-01 - Left Pipe Facade and Swell Box (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2015-09-01 - Nave and Balcony (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2015-09-01 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2015-09-01 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-15 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
28 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-08-12 - Identified through on-line information from Chad Boorsma -- According to factory documents, the organ was originally shipped from Wicks with 13 ranks, but it appears that the Mixture and Clarinet may have been additions. These stops have a lighter stop tablets than the others. The Great division is entirely exposed on the right side of the chancel, while the Swell division is under expression on the left side of the chancel. Pipes for the pedal are exposed on both sides of the chancel. -Database Manager

2015-09-05 - The Mixture and Clarinet on the Great, as well as the originally prepared-for 16' Trumpet on the Pedal, were not installed by Wicks in 1963 (information from Wicks factory documents). They were added at a later time by an unknown builder. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (August 11, 2009) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Jenison, Michigan
BALDWIN STREET CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

Wicks Organ Company    Opus 4378     1963    17 ranks
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GREAT:                        SWELL:
    8’ Diapason     61            8’ Rohrfloete      61
    8’ Gedeckt      61            8’ Salicional      61
    8’ Erzähler     61            8’ Voix Celeste    61
    4’ Octave       61            4’ Prestant        61
    4’ Flute        12            4’ Traverse Flute  61
2 2/3’ Twelfth      61        2 2/3’ Nazard          61
    2’ Fifteenth    61            2’ Flautino        12
  III  Mixture     183            8’ Trumpet         61
    8’ Trumpet      SW            8’ Oboe (Syn.) 
    8’ Clarinet     61               Tremolo
       Chimes                        
       Tremolo                COUPLERS:
                                Great 16, Unison Off, 4
PEDAL:                          Swell 16, Unison Off, 4
   16’ Bourdon      12 GT       Swell to Great 16, 8, 4
   16’ Rohr Gedeckt 12 SW       Swell to Pedal 8, 4
    8’ Octave       GT          Great to Pedal 8, 4
    8’ Rohr Gedeckt SW          
    8’ Erzähler     GT        COMBINATION ACTION:
5 1/3’ Quint                    4 General Thumb Pistons
    4’ Flute        SW
   16’ Trumpet      12 SW
    8’ Trumpet      SW
       Chimes         

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • August 13, 2009]