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Wicks Organ Co. Opus 673-R (1960)

Third Christian Reformed Church: Sanctuary
10 West Central Ave.
Zeeland, MI

Images

2009-08-05 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-05 - Great Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-05 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-05 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-05 - Chancel, Console, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-05 - Great Pipework, Pedal 16' Diapason, Chimes (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-05 - Swell Pipework (8' Oboe in foreground) (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-08-05 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
29 stops
3 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-09-16 - Identified through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- In this rebuild, the organ was given a new console, some pipes were replaced, and three ranks were added. -Database Manager

2010-12-10 - Updated through on-line information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (August 5, 2009) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Zeeland, Michigan
THIRD CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

Opus 673   14 ranks
Built by Wicks Organ Company in 1926 / Rebuilt by Wicks in 1960
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GREAT:                                 SWELL:
    8’ Principal          61 pipes        16’ Lieblich Gedeckt  (PD/SW)
    8’ Doppel Flute       61 pipes         8’ Aeoline          61 pipes
    8’ Dulciana           61 pipes         8’ Salicional       61 pipes
    8’ Unda Maris (tc)    49 pipes         8’ Stopped Flute    61 pipes
    4’ Prestant +         61 pipes         4’ Violina          12 pipes
    4’ Flute Harmonique + 61 pipes         4’ Flute D’Amour    12 pipes
    4’ Dulcet             12 pipes     2 2/3’ Nazard            7 pipes
2 2/3’ Twelfth *          61 pipes         2’ Flautino          5 pipes
    2’ Fifteenth *        61 pipes         8’ Trompette *      61 pipes
       Chimes             20 tubes         8’ Oboe             61 pipes
       Tremolo                               Tremolo

PEDAL:                                 COUPLERS:
   16’ Sub Bass          32 pipes          Great to Pedal 8, 4
   16’ Lieblich Gedeckt  12 pipes          Swell to Pedal 8, 4
    8’ Octave                (GT)          Swell to Great 16, 8, 4
    8’ Gedeckt               (SW)          Great 16, Unison Off, 4
    8’ Dulciana              (GT)          Swell 16, Unison Off, 4
5 1/3’ Quint 
    4’ Choral Bass           (GT)      COMBINATION ACTION:
   16’ Trombone          12 pipes          20 General Thumb Pistons
    8’ Trompette *           (SW)
       Chimes                (GT)

* = new pipes and chests in 1960
+ = new pipes on old chests in 1960

[Received on line from Chad Boorsma September 20, 2009.]

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