Better Pipe Organ Database

Lauck Pipe Organ Co. (2009)

Westminster Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
47 Jefferson Ave. SE
Grand Rapids, MI

Images

2010-07-23 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-07-23 - Chancel, Console, and Pipe Facades (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-07-23 - Left Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-07-23 - Right Pipe Facade and Trumpet en Chamade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-07-23 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-07-23 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
58 stops
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: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-05-05 - Identified through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -Database Manager

2010-07-24 - Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (July 23, 2010) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Grand Rapids, Michigan
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Originally built by Aeolian-Skinner    1939    Opus 965
Rebuilt by Lauck Pipe Organ Company    2009   
____________________________________________________________________

GREAT:                          SWELL:
   16' Violone                     16' Lieblich Gedeckt 
   16' Quintade                     8' Geigen Diapason 
    8' Diapason                     8' Rohrflute
    8' Principal                    8' Viola de Gamba
    8' Bourdon                      8' Voix Celeste
    8' Gemshorn                     8' Aeoline
    8' Flute Harmonique             4' Geigen Octave
    4' Octave                       4' Flauto Traverse
    4' Principal                2 2/3' Nazard
    4' Flute Octaviante             2' Blockflöte
2 2/3' Twelfth                  1 3/5' Tierce
    2' Fifteenth                 IV-V  Plein Jeu
   IV  Fourniture                  16' Fagotto
    8' Trumpet                      8' Trompete
    8' Trumpet en Chamade           8' Oboe
       Chimes                       4' Clarion
                                       Tremulant
CHOIR:                          
    8' Gedeckt                  PEDAL: 
    8' Viole                       32' Contre Bourdon [12 digital] 
    8' Viole Celeste               16' Principal
    8' Dulciana                    16' Bourdon
    8' Unda Maris                  16' Violone [GT]
    4' Principal                   16' Lieblich Gedeckt [SW] 
    4' Koppelflöte                  8' Octave
    2' Octave                       8' Flute Ouverte
1 1/3' Larigot                      8' Still Gedeckt [SW]
  III  Scharff                      4' Flute Triangular
    8' Clarinet                    II  Mixture
       Tremulant                   16' Bombarde
    8' Trumpet en Chamade [GT]     16' Fagotto [SW]
                                    8' Trompette 
                                    8' Trumpet en Chamade [GT]

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • July 23, 2010]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON August 1937 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield

Websites

GRAGO - Organs of Grand Rapids [Westminster Presbyterian page] - Console photograph, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#25529 - Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 965 (1939)