Better Pipe Organ Database

Kilgen Organ Co. Opus 7696 (1955)

First Congregational Church: Sanctuary
1201 Jefferson Street
Muskegon, MI

Images

Unknown - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (1950's Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of T. Bradford Willis and Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-07-01 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-06-16 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-06-16 - Chancel, Chamber Grillework, and Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-06-16 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-06-16 - Nave and Gallery (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

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

Notes

2010-06-18 - Identified through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ console was converted to solid state with a Peterson multi-level memory system in 2008 by Bill Swem. -Database Manager

2010-06-20 - Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ was designed by John Wheeler, church organist, in collaboration with Eugene R. Kilgen and Scott Wheeler, Michigan representative of the Kilgen company. -Database Manager

2019-03-19 - According to a vintage postcard, the console was originally located in the choir loft on the opposite side of the chancel. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason </i> October 1948 and from the console (June 16, 2010) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Muskegon, Michigan
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Kilgen Organ Company     Opus 7696     1955     36 ranks
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GREAT:                             SWELL:
    16' Gemshorn 61                    8' Geigen Diapason 73
     8' Open Diapason 61               8' Rohrflute 73
     8' Spitzfloete 61                 8' Salcional 73
     8' Gemshorn 12                    8' Viol Celeste 61
     4' Octave 61                      4' Octave Geigen 73
     4' Flute 61                       4' Flute a Chimenee 12
 2 2/3' Twelfth 61                 2 2/3' Nasard 
     2' Fifteenth 61                   2' Flautino 
   III  Mixture 183                   IV  Scharf 244
     8' Tuba Harmonic [CH]            16' Fagotto 73
        Chimes 21 tubes                8' Trumpet 73
        MIDI *                         8' Fagotto 12
                                       8' Vox Humana 73
PEDAL:                                 4' Clarion 73
    32' Resultant                         Tremolo
    16' Open Diapason 32                  MIDI *
    16' Bourdon 32 
    16' Gemshorn [GT]              CHOIR:
    16' Dulciana [CH]                 16' Dulciana 73
10 2/3' Quint 7                        8' Viola 73
     8' Choralbass 32                  8' Concert Flute 73
     8' Octave 5                       8' Dulciana 12
     8' Choralbass 32                  4' Zartfloete 73
     8' Bass Flute 12                  4' Dulciana 12
     8' Gemshorn [GT]              2 2/3' Rohr Nasard 61
     4' Choral Prestant 12             2' Piccolo 61
     4' Blockfloete 12             1 3/5' Tierce 61
     2' Doublette 12                   8' Tuba 73
    16' Trombone 12 [CH]               8' Krummhorn 73
    16' Fagotto [SW]                   4' Clarion 12
     8' Tuba [CH]                         Tremolo
     4' Clarion [CH]                      MIDI *
        Chimes                           
        MIDI *                     * Additions by Bill Swem in 2008          

[Received on line from Chad Boorsma June 20, 2010.]