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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2744 (1963)

First Reformed Church: Sanctuary
446 Ada Avenue
Muskegon, MI

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2019-07-17 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2019-07-17 - Nave (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2019-07-17 - Left Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2019-07-17 - Right Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2019-07-17 - Stained Glass Windows (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
3 manuals
29 stops
29 registers
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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-10-12 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-07-31 - Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The congregation disbanded in 1998. The organ was sold to Covenant Presbyterian Church in Holland, Michigan, where Joel Gary installed the organ. This building is now home to Angel Community Church, a joint congregation of the Christian Reformed Church and the Reformed Church in America. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Muskegon, Michigan
     First Reformed Church

     Casavant   Op. 2744   1963   3/35

     Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
     St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
     _______________________________________________

     GREAT                          CHOIR
  8' Principal       61          8' Rohrflöte     61
  8' Bourdon         61          8' Erzähler      61
  4' Octave          61          4' Koppel Flute  61
  4' Chimney Flute   61      2 2/3' Nazard        61
  2' Super Octave    61          2' Blockflöte    61
 IV  Mixture        244      1 3/5' Tierce        61
     Chimes         [pf]         8' Krummhorn     61
                                    Tremulant
     SWELL                          Sub
  8' Salicional      61             Super
  8' Voix Celeste GG 54
  8' Nachthorn       61             PEDAL
  4' Spitzprincipal  61         16' Violone       32
  4' Spitzflöte      61         16' Bourdon       32
  2' Octavin         61          8' Octave        32
 IV  Fourniture     244          8' Gedeckt       32
 16' Fagott   L/2    61          4' Choralbass    32
  8' Trompette       61         16' Posaune  L/2  32
     Tremulant                   4' Schalmei      32
     Sub
     Super

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield  July 31, 2010]

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