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Hillgreen, Lane & Co. Opus 1234 (1960)

First Church of Christ, Scientist
48 Lafayette Ave. SE
Grand Rapids, MI

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2010-08-06 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-06 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-06 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-06 - Stained Glass Skylight (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-06 - Console, Reader's Platform, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-06 - Church Interior, Platform, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-06 - Church Interior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-06 - Echo Chamber Grates (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-06 - Echo Chamber Grillework in Foyer (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
45 stops
54 registers
5 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2010-08-07 - Identified through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ was originally built by Hillgreen, Lane, & Company in 1905. The company expanded the organ in 1908 and 1913, and the action was changed to electro-pneumatic in 1929. This work was a complete rebuild of the organ, retaining only the pipes. The cost of the project was $45,000. The Great, Swell, Choir, and Pedal divisions are located behind the decorative grillework at the front of the room. The chimes are located above the ceiling. The Echo division is in a downstairs chamber and speaks through grates in the floor and also through grillework in the downstairs foyer. -Database Manager

2014-07-29 - The building was sold in 2013 to Cornerstone United Methodist Church who uses the facility as a second location (first location is in Caledonia, Michigan). First CCS now meets in St. Cecilia's Music Building. The organ was sold to a private party with plans to be installed as a home organ somewhere in Michigan. -Database Manager

2018-08-04 - Information from Hillgreen, Lane & Co. opus list, compiled by Bynum Petty<br> Contract: February 1960.<br> All pipes retained from the church's Hillgreen, Lane organ, Op. 313 (1912)<br> Price: $39,600. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (August 6, 2010) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Grand Rapids, Michigan
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

Hillgreen, Lane, & Company    Opus 1234    47 ranks    1960

Originally built in 1905 / Altered in 1908, 1913, and 1929
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GREAT:                           SWELL:
  8' Diapason Major 68             16' Bourdon 68
  8' Diapason Minor 68              8' Diapason 68
  8' Doppelflöte 68                 8' Gedeckt 68
  8' Viola D'Gamba 68               8' Viole D'Orchestre 68
  8' Gemshorn 68                    8' Viol Vibrato [TC] 56
  4' Principal 68                   8' Aeoline 68
  4' Flute Harmonique 68            4' Rohrflöte 68
  8' Tuba 68                        4' Fugara 68
  8' Regal 68                       2' Flautino 68
                                  III  Solo Hamonique 183
CHOIR:                              8' Cornopean 68
 16' Contra Dulciana 68             8' Oboe 68
  8' Geigen Diapason 68             8' Vox Humana 68
  8' Clarabella 68                     Tremolo
  8' Gross Flute 68
  8' Quintadena 68               PEDAL:
  8' Salicional 68                 32' Untersatz
  8' Voix Celeste [TC] 56          16' Double Diapason 32
  8' Dolce 68                      16' Bourdon 32
  4' Waldflute 68                  16' Violon 32
  2' Harmonic Piccolo 68           16' Lieblich Gedeckt 32
  8' Clarinet 68                    8' Octave 12
     Tremolo                        8' Bass Flute 12
                                    8' Cello 12
ECHO:                               8' Flute D'Amour 12
  8' Diapason 68                    4' Super Octave 12
  8' Gedeckt 68                     4' Choral Bass 12
  8' Viole D'Amour 68              16' Trombone 32
  8' Dolcissimo 68                  8' Tromba 12
  8' Unda Maris [TC] 56             4' Clarion 12
  4' Fern Flute 68      
  8' Vox Humana 68
     Tremolo
     Chimes
 
[Received online from Chad Boorsma • August 7, 2010]

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