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Lauck Pipe Organ Co. (2000ca.)

First Christian Reformed Church: Sanctuary
650 Bates Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI

Images

2010-01-09 - Building Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-23 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
44 stops
4 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
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2009-08-23 - Identified through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- Originally 1927 Kilgen, with alterations in 1950s. Lauck did some releathering and changed the console to solid state, including 64 levels of memory and playback capabilities. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (July 23, 2009) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Grand Rapids, Michigan
FIRST CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

Built by Kilgen Organ Company (1927)
Modifications by Mutchler Organ Company (1960’s)
Solid State/Releathering by Lauck Pipe Organ Company (ca. 2000)
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GREAT:                              SWELL:
   16’ Bourdon                          16’ Lieblich Gedeckt
    8’ Principal                         8’ Diapason
    8’ Doppelflute                       8’ Gedeckt 
    8’ Gamba                             8’ Salicional
    4’ Octave                            8’ Voix Celeste
    4’ Doppelflute                       4’ Principal
    2’ Super Octave                      4’ Gedeckt
   IV  Mixture                       2 2/3’ Nazard
    8’ Trumpet                           2’ Flute
    4’ Clarion                       1 1/3’ Larigot
       Chimes                            8’ Trumpet
       Harp                              8’ Oboe Horn
                                         8’ Vox Humana
CHOIR:                                   4’ Clarion
    8’ Hohlflute                            Tremulant
    8’ Gamba                         
    4’ Waldflute                    PEDAL:
2 2/3’ Nazard                           32’ Untersatz
    2’ Fifteenth                        16’ Subbass
    2’ Flautino                         16’ Bourdon
1 3/5’ Tierce                           16’ Gedeckt
    8’ Clarinet                          8’ Principal
       Tremulant                         8’ Subbass
                                         8’ Bourdon
COUPLERS:                                8’ Gedeckt
    Great 4                              4’ Octave
    Swell 16, 4
    Choir 16, Unison Off, 4         COMBINATION ACTION:
    Swell to Great 16, 8, 4             5 General Thumb Pistons
    Choir to Great 16, 8, 4             5 General Toe Studs
    Swell to Choir 16, 8, 4             5 Divisional Thumb Pistons
    Great to Pedal 8, 4                 3 Pedal Toe Studs
    Swell to Pedal 8, 4
    Choir to Pedal 8, 4             OTHER FEATURES:
                                        64 Levels of Memory
                                        Playback Capabilities

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

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