Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 5265 (1972)

Alger Park Christian Reformed Church: Sanctuary
2655 Eastern Ave. SE
Grand Rapids, MI

Images

2009-12-22 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-12-30 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-12-30 - Nave and Balcony (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-12-30 - Chancel and Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-12-30 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-12-30 - Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2009-12-30 - Chamber Grillework and Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
26 stops
32 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 coupler toe pistons

Notes

2010-01-01 - Identified through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ replaced a smaller 1957 Wicks instrument that was destroyed by fire. The Swell is the only division under expression and is located in the right chamber. The instrument has four levels of memory. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (December 30, 2009) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Grand Rapids, Michigan
ALGER PARK CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

Wicks Organ Company    Opus 5265     1972    32 ranks
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GREAT:                         SWELL:
   16’ Quintaton 61                8’ Rohrflöte 61
    8’ Principal 61                8’ Viole 61
    8’ Bordun 61                   8’ Viole Celeste 49
    4’ Prestant 61                 4’ Geigen Principal 61
    4’ Spitzflöte 61               4’ Nachthorn 61
    2’ Octave 61               2 2/3’ Nasat 61
   IV  Mixture 244                 2’ Hohlflöte 61
    8’ Trompette [SW]          1 3/5’ Terz 49
       Chimes                      8’ Trompette 61
                                   4’ Rohr Schalmei 61

POSITIV:                       PEDAL:
    8’ Holz Gedeckt 61            32’ Resultant
    4’ Spill Pfeife 61            16’ Contra Bass 32
    2’ Klein Principal 61         16’ Quintaton 12 [GT]
1 1/3’ Quint 61                    8’ Principal Bass 32
  III  Scharf 183                  8’ Bordun [GT]
       Tremulant                   4’ Choral Bass 32
                                  II  Mixture 64
COUPLERS:                         16’ Posaune 12 [SW]
    Positiv to Great               4’ Klarine [SW]
    Positiv to Swell        
    Positiv to Pedal           COMBINATION ACTION:
    Great to Pedal                 3 General Thumb Pistons
    Swell to Positiv 16, 8, 4      3 Divisional Thumb Pistons
    Swell to Great 16, 8, 4        3 Pedal Thumb Pistons
    Swell to Swell 16, UO, 4       4 Levels of Memory

[Received on line from Chad Boorsma January 02, 2010.]