Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 3728 (1956)

Plymouth Heights Christian Reformed Church: Sanctuary
1800 Plymouth Ave. SE
Grand Rapids, MI

Images

2011-01-16 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-09-01 - Chancel Stained Glass Window (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-01-16 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-01-16 - Chancel and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-01-16 - Pulpit, Nave, and Balcony (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-01-16 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-09-01 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
39 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 combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-09-02 - Identified through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- Wicks was responsible for completing the expansion ca. 1965. The Choir division was originally prepared for, but the ranks were added then. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (September 1, 2009) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Grand Rapids, Michigan
PLYMOUTH HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

Opus 3728
Built by Wicks Organ Company (1956)    
Expanded by Wicks (ca. 1965)
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GREAT:                             SWELL:
    8’ Principal 61                    8’ Rohrflute 61
    8’ Gemshorn 61                     8’ Salicional 61
    8’ Holz Gedeckt 61                 8’ Gemshorn Celeste [TC] 49
    4’ Octave 61                       4’ Geigen Octave 61
    4’ Gemshorn 12                     4’ Flute Traverso 61
2 2/3’ Twelfth 61                  2 2/3’ Quinte
    2’ Super Octave 61                 2’ Harmonique Piccolo 12
    2’ Gemshorn 12                   III  Plein Jeu 183
       Chimes                          8’ Trompette 61
       Tremolo                         8’ Oboe 61
                                       4’ Clarion 12
CHOIR:                                    Tremolo
    8’ Spitzflute 61           
    8’ Dulciana 61                  PEDAL:
    8’ Unda Maris [TC] 49             16’ Open Diapason 12 [GT]
    4’ Blockflute 61                  16’ Bourdon 32
    2’ Koppelflute  61                16’ Spitzfloete 12 [CH]
1 1/3’ Larigot 49                     16’ Lieblich Gedeckt 12 [SW]
    8’ Krummhorn 61                    8’ Octave [GT]
       Tremolo                         8’ Bass Flute 12 
       Blank (3)                       8’ Gemshorn [GT]
                                   5 1/3’ Quinte 32
COUPLERS:                              4’ Choral Bass [GT]
    Great 16, Unison Silent, 4         8’ Trompette [SW]
    Swell 16, Unison Silent, 4         4’ Clarion [SW]
    Choir 16, Unison Silent, 4            Chimes
    Great to Pedal 8, 4
    Swell to Pedal 8, 4           COMBINATION ACTION:
    Choir to Pedal 8, 4                4 General Thumb Pistons
    Swell to Great 16, 8, 4            4 General Toe Studs
    Choir to Great 16, 8, 4            4 Pedal Thumb Pistons
    Swell to Choir 16, 8, 4            4 Divisional Thumb Pistons
    
[Received on line from Chad Boorsma September 03, 2009.]