Better Pipe Organ Database

Fowler Organ Company (1980ca.)

St. Mary's Catholic Church: Church
239 W. Clay Ave.
Muskegon, MI

Images

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

2010-07-01 - Church Interior and Altar (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-07-01 - Organ Case and Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-07-01 - Gallery and Organ Case (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-07-01 - Great Principal Pipes (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
15 stops
20 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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

2010-07-05 - Identified through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ was originally installed in 1920 by Henry Pilcher's Sons. Fowler's work included a new Reisner, detached console and tonal alterations. Don Haan installed a digital stop on the Swell ca. 2002 and had to add new Great Principal pipes because the original Principal rank (in the facade) was accidentally painted and damaged during building renovations. The instrument is in a room with outstanding acoustics. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (July 1, 2010) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Muskegon, Michigan
ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH

Organ originally built by Henry Pilcher's Sons (1920)
Modifications by Fowler Organ Company (ca. 1980)
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GREAT:                     SWELL:                       PEDAL:
  16' Still Gedeckt 12         8' Holz Gedeckt 61        16' Subbass 32
   8' Principal 61             8' Salicional 61          16' Still Gedeckt 32
   8' Hohlflute 61             8' Vox Celeste [TC] 49     8' Octave [GT] 
   8' Gemshorn 61              8' Aeoline 61              8' Flute 12
   4' Octave 61                4' Prestant 61             4' Choral Bass [GT]
   4' Nason Flute 61           4' Flute Harmonic 61
   2' Super Octave 61      2 2/3' Nazard [pf] 
  IV  Mixture [pf]             2' Blockflute [pf]
   8' Trumpet [pf]             8' Hautbois 61
                               4' Clarion 12
                                  Orchestral [digital]
                                  Tremolo

[Received online by Chad Boorsma • July 5, 2010]

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