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Kilgen Organ Co. (1955)

Fuller Avenue Christian Reformed Church: Sanctuary
1239 Fuller Ave. SE
Grand Rapids, MI

Images

2010-01-09 - Church and Parsonage Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-02-10 - Sanctuary (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-02-10 - Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-02-10 - Möller Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-02-10 - Sanctuary (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-02-10 - Nameplate (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-02-10 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
32 stops
3 divisions
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

2010-02-11 - Identified through on-line information from Chad Boorsma -- Eleven ranks, the console, and the pipe facade are from the 1931 Möller instrument. Kilgen discarded the Great 8' Diapason, relocated several Möller stops, added a new Great Principal chorus, new reeds on the Swell, a Koppel Flute on the Great, and a Mixture on the Swell. -Database Manager

2011-12-29 - The organ was rebuilt in 2010 by Fowler Organ Company. Work included releathering, refurbishing/revoicing the pipes, and updating electrical work. Classic Music supplied a new console by Rodgers Instrument Company, which includes a number of digital stops. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from console & historical research Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Grand Rapids, Michigan
FULLER AVENUE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

Built by M. P. Möller in 1931 (Opus 5943)
Enlarged by Kilgen in 1958
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GREAT:                             SWELL:
    8' Open Diapason     61 a         16' Bourdon           12
    8' Concert Flute     61            8' Stopped Diapason  61
    8' Dulciana          61            8' Salicional        61
    4' Principal         61 a          8' Voix Celeste      49
    4' Koppel Flute      61 a          4' Principal         61 c
2 2/3' Twelfth           61 a          4' Flute D’Amour     12
    2' Fifteenth         61 a      2 2/3' Nazard 
    8' Tuba              61            2' Flautino          12
       Tremolo                       III  Mixture          183 
                                      16' Contra Oboe       12 a
PEDAL:                                 8' Trompette         61 a
   16' Bourdon           32            8' Oboe              61 a
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt  SW            8' Vox Humana        61
    8' Principal         32 b          4' Oboe Clarion      61 d
    8' Bass Flute        12               Tremolo
    8' Dolce Flute       SW
    4' Super Octave      12 b       COMBINATION ACTION:
    4' Block Flute       12            4  General Thumb Pistons
    2' Doublette         12 b          4  Divisional Thumb Pistons
   16' Contra Oboe       SW a  
    8' Trompette         SW a

WORK DONE IN 1958 BY KILGEN:
    a new ranks and/or pipes
    b from the former Swell 8’ Diapason
    c from the former Great 8’ Violin Diapason
    d from the original Oboe
     
[Received online from Chad Boorsma • February 15, 2010]

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