Better Pipe Organ Database

Schantz Organ Co. (1923)

Eastern Ave. Christian Reformed Church: Sanctuary
514 Eastern Ave. SE
Grand Rapids, MI

Images

2010-01-01 - Swell pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-01-01 - Swell expression motor and mechanism (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-01-01 - 1951 Schantz console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-01-01 - Chancel and console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-01-01 - 1951 Schantz console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-01-01 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-01-01 - 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
21 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-01-01 - Identified through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The original purchase price for the organ was $10,000. In 1951, during a chancel remodeling project, the organ received a new free-standing console by Schantz. The original console had been attached to the front wall. Some of the bellows were repaired in 1965, and three chest boards were replaced in 1970. In 2009, Don Haan replaced the Tuba. The facade pipes are fake. The Great and Choir divisions are under expression in the left chamber. The Swell is under expression in the right chamber. -Database Manager

2013-10-11 - The organ and console were rewired by Haan Organ Company in 2013 as part of a sanctuary remodeling project, which included moving the console slightly farther away from the chancel. The facade pipes were also repainted at this time. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Grand Rapids, Michigan
EASTERN AVENUE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

Schantz Organ Company      1923      21 ranks
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GREAT:                         CHOIR:
 8’ Open Diapason 73            8’ Violin Diapason 73
 8’ Viol da Gamba 73            8’ Melodia 73
 8’ Doppel Flute 73             8’ Dolce 73
 4’ Octave 12                   8’ Unda Maris 61
 4’ Flute Harmonique 73         4’ Flute Traverse 73
 8’ Tuba 61 *                   8’ Clarinet 73
    Tremulant                      Tremulant 
    Blank Drawknob                 Blank Drawknob

SWELL:                         PEDAL:
16’ Bourdon 12                  32’ Resultant
 8’ Open Diapason 73            16’ Open Diapason 32
 8’ Stopped Diapason 73         16’ Bourdon 32
 8’ Salicional 73               16’ Lieblich Gedeckt [SW]
 8’ Viol D’Orchestre 73          8’ Octave 12
 8’ Voix Celeste 61              8’ Bass Flute 12
 8’ Aeoline 73                   8’ Dolce Flute [SW]
 4’ Flute D’Amour 12             8’ Violin Cello [GT]
 2’ Flautino 12                 16’ Bass Tuba [GT]
 8’ Oboe 73
 8’ Vox Humana 61              COUPLERS:
    Tremulant                    Great 16, Unison Off, 4
    Blank Drawknob               Choir 16, Unison Off, 4
                                 Swell 16, Unison Off, 4
COMBINATION ACTION:              Great to Pedal 8, 4
  5 General Thumb Pistons        Swell to Pedal 8, 4
  5 Divisional Thumb Pistons     Choir to Pedal 8, 4
  5 Pedal Toe Studs              Swell to Great 16, 8, 4
                                 Choir to Great 16, 8, 4

* Donald Haan replaced the Tuba with a Trumpet in 2009.

[Received on line from Chad Boorsma January 04, 2010.]