Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 3884 (1958)

Highland Hills Christian Reformed Church / Westend Christian Reformed Church: Sanctuary
1015 Westend Ave. NW
Grand Rapids, MI

Images

2014-04-09 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2014-04-09 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2014-04-09 - Nave, Balcony, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2014-04-09 - Balcony and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-06-09 - Console, Balcony, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-06-09 - Church Exterior (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
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 combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-06-10 - Identified through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- Highland Hills Christian Reformed Church merged with Alpine Avenue Christian Reformed Church in 1992. The new congregation took the name Westend Christian Reformed Church and continued to meet in the former Highland Hills building. The Great division is under expression in the right chamber, while the Swell division is under expression in the left chamber. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (June 9, 2010) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Grand Rapids, Michigan
WESTEND CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
formerly Highland Hills Christian Reformed Church

Wicks Organ Company    Opus 3884    14 ranks    1958
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GREAT:                    SWELL:                      PEDAL:
    8' Principal 61          16' Quintaton 12            16' Bourdon 12 [GT]
    8' Gemshorn 61            8' Stopped Flute 61        16' Quintaton [SW]
    8' Gemshorn Celeste 61    8' Viola Pomposa 61        16' Gemshorn 12 [GT]
    8' Gedeckt 61             8' Viola Celeste 61         8' Principal [GT]
    4' Prestant 61            4' Flauto Travero 61        8' Gemshorn [GT]
    4' Flute 12               4' Violina 12               8' Flute [SW]
    4' Gemshorn 12        2 2/3' Nazard 61            5 1/3' Quint [SW]
2 2/3' Twelfth 61             2' Harmonic Piccolo 12      4' Gedeckt [SW]
2 2/3' Gemshorn               8' Trompette 61             8' Trumpet [SW]
    2' Fifteenth 61           8' Oboe 61                     Chimes
1 3/5' Gemshorn               4' Clarion 12       
       Chimes 

[Received on line from Chad Boorsma June 14, 2010.]