Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 3839 (1957)

Bethany Christian Reformed Church: Sanctuary
1105 Terrace Street
Muskegon, MI

Images

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

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

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

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

2010-06-16 - Balcony, Console, and Choir Division Grille in Ceiling (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
19 stops
39 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 combination toe pistons
Has coupler 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 Great, Swell, and Pedal divisions are located in the chambers behind the pulpit area. The Choir division is located in the ceiling above the balcony; the console is also in the balcony. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from factory specifications courtesy of Wicks Organ Company Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Muskegon, Michigan
BETHANY CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

Wicks Organ Company     Opus 3839     20 ranks     1957
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GREAT:                             SWELL:
    8' Diapason 61                    16' Quintaton 12
    8' Gedeckt 61                      8' Violin Diapason 61
    8' Gemshorn 61                     8' Rohrflute 61
    4' Octave 61                       8' Salicional 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61                      4' Prestant 12
   II  Grave Mixture 122               4' Flute Traverso 61
       Tremolo                     2 2/3' Nazard 7
                                       2' Harmonic Piccolo 5
PEDAL:                                 8' Trompette 61
   32' Resultant                       8' Oboe 61
   16' Bourdon 32                      4' Clarion 12
   16' Quintaton [SW]                     Blank (2)
   16' Gemshorn 12 [GT]                   Tremolo
    8' Octave [GT]
    8' Gedeckt 12                  CHOIR:
    8' Gemshorn [GT]                   8' Diapason Conique 49
    8' Dolcan [CH]                     8' Flute Harmonic 61
5 1/3' Quint                           8' Viola Pomposa 61
    4' Choral Bass [GT]                8' Dolcan 12
   16' Trombone 12 [SW] (unmarked)     4' Koppelfloete 61
    8' Trompette [SW]                  4' Dolcan 12
    4' Clarion [SW]                2 2/3' Quint 7
                                       2' Dulcet 5
                                       8' Krummhorn 61
                                          Blank
                                          Tremolo            

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