Better Pipe Organ Database

Verlinden Organ Co. (1958)

Lee Street Christian Reformed Church: Sanctuary
1261 Lee Street SW
Wyoming, MI

Images

2019-07-07 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-20 - Pedalboard and Verlinden Expression Shoes (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-20 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-20 - Right Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-20 - Left Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-20 - Central Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-20 - Chancel and Central Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-20 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-20 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
47 stops
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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 coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-08-23 - Identified through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ was dedicated on April 17, 1958, and was purchased for $24,350. The organist for the dedication concert was Mrs. Blanche V. Packee. The windchests and console are Verlinden's work, but many of the pipes appear to be reused from a different instrument. The pipes -- in sound, appearance, and stop name -- resemble those from the early 1900s. The Great principal chorus is exposed; the rest of the Great and the Choir are under expression together in the center chamber. The Swell is also in the center section, but is under separate expression. -Database Manager

2009-08-30 - Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (August 19, 2009) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Wyoming, Michigan
LEE STREET CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

Verlinden Pipe Organ Company    1958    25 ranks
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GREAT:                               SWELL:
    8' Open Diapason    61 pipes         16' Rohr Bourdon      61 pipes
    8' Viola                [CH]          8' Geigen Principal  73 pipes
    8' Hohlfloete       61 pipes          8' Rohrfloete        12 pipes
    8' Spitzfloete          [CH]          8' Viola D'Gamba     73 pipes
    8' Unda Maris (tc)      [CH]          8' Viol Celeste (tc) 49 pipes
    4' Octave           61 pipes          4' Octave Geigen     12 pipes
    4' Quintaton        61 pipes          4' Lieblich Flute    12 pipes
    2' Super Octave     61 pipes      2 2/3' Rohr Nasat       extension
  III  Mixture         183 pipes          2' Flageolet        extension
    8' Trumpet          61 pipes      1 3/5' Tierce           extension
       Chimes           21 bells        III  Cornet           183 pipes
       Blank (2)                          8' Cornopean         73 pipes
                                          8' Oboe (capped)     73 pipes
CHOIR:                                    4' Clarion          extension
    8' Viola            73 pipes             Chimes                [GT]
    8' Claribel Flute   73 pipes             Blank (2)
    8' Spitzfloete      73 pipes             Tremulant
    8' Unda Maris (tc)  49 pipes
    4' Flute Traverso   12 pipes     PEDAL:
    4' Quintaton            [GT]         16' Open Diapason     12 pipes
2 2/3' Nazard          extension         16' Sub Bass          32 pipes
    2' Piccolo         extension         16' Bourdon           12 pipes
    8' Clarinet         73 pipes          8' Octave            32 pipes
       Chimes               [GT]          8' Rohr Floete           [SW]
       Blank (2)                          8' Cello                 [CH]
       Tremulant                          8' Spitzfloete           [CH]
                                          4' Super Octave      12 pipes
COUPLERS:                                 4' Quintaton             [CH]
    Choir to Great 16, 8, 4              16' Horn              12 pipes
    Swell to Great 16, 8, 4               8' Tromba                [SW]
    Great to Pedal 8, 4                   4' Clarion               [SW]
    Swell to Pedal 8, 4                      Blank (2)
    Choir to Pedal 8, 4
    Swell to Choir 16, 8, 4          COMBINATION ACTION:
    Great 16, 4                           5 General Thumb Pistons
    Swell 16, Unison Off, 4               4 General Toe Studs
    Choir 16, Unison Off, 4               5 Divisional Thumb Pistons
                                          4 Pedal Toe Studs
                                          4 Levels of Memory

[Received on line from Chad Boorsma August 24, 2009.]