Better Pipe Organ Database

A. B. Felgemaker Co. (1870ca.)

Western Michigan University: Dalton Recital Hall
Kalamazoo, MI

Images

2012-03-03 - Organ Case (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-03-03 - Organ Case and Pump Handle (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-03-03 - Keydesk (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-03-03 - Nameplate (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
9 stops
1 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - The instrument was restored by Lauck Pipe Organ Company in 1982. The organ was donated to the University by Lester and Clare Start of Kalamazoo, Michigan. -Database Manager

2012-03-05 - Before the restoration, the Manual Super Coupler activated a tremolo that was not original to the organ. During the restoration, the tremolo was removed and the coupler mechanism rebuilt. The organ is housed in a storage area behind the Recital Hall stage and is moved onto the stage for performance purposes. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (March 3, 2012) and from university information Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Kalamazoo, Michigan
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Dalton Recital Hall

A. B. Felgemaker     ca. 1870    9 ranks
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Manual (unenclosed):
   8' Open Diapason 58         5 wood / 53 open spotted metal
   8' Dulciana 46              open spotted metal
   8' Flute 46                 open wood
   8' Unison Bass 12           stopped wood
   4' Principal 58             open spotted metal
   4' Flute 58                 inverted mouths / open wood
   4' Violina 58               open spotted metal
   2' Flageolet 58             tapered / open spotted metal

Pedal:
  16' Sub Bass 27              stopped wood

Manual to Pedale Coupler
Manual Octave Coupler
Bellows Signal

[Received online from Chad Boorsma - March 5, 2012]