Better Pipe Organ Database

Kilgen Organ Co. (1954)

Seymour Christian Reformed Church: Sanctuary
840 Alger Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI

Images

2009-12-23 - Church exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-17 - Sanctuary interior: front (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-17 - Sanctuary interior: rear (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-17 - Rear gallery and organ (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-17 - Console and right chamber (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-17 - Left chamber grille (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-17 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-17 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
39 stops
4 divisions
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 toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-08-18 - Identified through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- The Great and Choir divisions are under expression in the right chamber, while the Swell division is under expression in the left chamber. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (August 17, 2009) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Grand Rapids, Michigan
SEYMOUR CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

Kilgen Organ Company     17 ranks     1954
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GREAT:                          SWELL:
    8’ Diapason                     8’ Geigen Principal
    8’ Gemshorn                     8’ Gedeckt
    8’ Hohlflute                    8’ Salicional
    4’ Octave                       8’ Voix Celeste
    4’ Flute                        4’ Geigen Octave
2 2/3’ Quinte                       4’ Flute
    2’ Super Octave             2 2/3’ Nazard
       Tremulant                    2’ Flautino
                                  III  Mixture
CHOIR:                              8’ Trompette
    8’ Gemshorn                     8’ Oboe
    8’ Gedeckt                      4’ Clarion
    8’ Dulciana                        Tremulant
    8’ Unda Maris       
    4’ Flute                    PEDAL:
    4’ Dulcet                      16’ Diapason
2 2/3’ Dolce Twelfth               16’ Bourdon
    2’ Piccolo                     16’ Still Gedeckt
1 3/5’ Tierce                       8’ Octave
       Tremulant                    8’ Bass Flute 
                                    8’ Gedeckt
COUPLERS:                           4’ Blockflute
    Great 16, Unison Off, 4        16’ Trombone
    Swell 16, Unison Off, 4         8’ Trompette
    Choir 16, Unison Off, 4 
    Great to Pedal 8, 4         COMBINATION ACTION:
    Swell to Pedal 8, 4             6 General Thumb Pistons
    Choir to Pedal 8                6 General Toe Studs
    Swell to Great 16, 8, 4         6 Divisional Thumb Pistons
    Choir to Great 16, 8, 4         6 Pedal Thumb Pistons
    Swell to Choir 16, 8, 4         6 Pedal Toe Studs

[Received on line from Chad Boorsma August 19, 2009.]