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Muller Pipe Organ Company (1959)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
125 E. Main Street
Ionia, MI

Images

2010-08-11 - Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-11 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-11 - Console and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-11 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-11 - Sanctuary Interior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-11 - Sanctuary, Chancel, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
24 stops
3 divisions
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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 coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-08-21 - Identified through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ was originally built by Estey Organ Company as their Opus 738 in 1910. It was rebuilt by Muller Organ Company using resources built by the Schantz Organ Company. Work included a new console, four additional ranks of pipes, a new blower, new swell engines, new reservoir, and new tremolo. Muller did further work on the organ when a new Swell chest was installed in 1976. Don Haan also completed projects on the organ, including replacing the Vox Humana with a 4' Oboe in 1991, adding a digital stop to the Great in 1998, and replacing the Great windchest in 2001. This last work was done in conjunction with Brian Fowler. -Database Manager

2010-08-22 - Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- The 1959 rebuild was given by Marguerite Van Reenen in memory of her husband, Charles Van Reenen. -Database Manager

2016-04-14 - The Pedal chest was originally part of the Möller organ (Opus 5021) from Trinity Lutheran Church in Toledo, Ohio. It was likely installed by Muller Organ Company (information received from Don Haan). -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (August 11, 2010) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Ionia, Michigan
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Built by Estey Organ Company     1910    Opus 738
Rebuilt by Muller Organ Company  1959    
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GREAT:                          SWELL:
     8' Principal 61               16' Bourdon 12
     8' Melodia 61                  8' Stopped Flute 61
     8' Dulciana 61                 8' Salicional 61
     4' Octave 61                   8' Aeoline 61
     2' Super Octave 61             4' Gambette 61
        Orchestral *                4' Flute 12
        Chimes                  2 2/3' Nazard
        Tremulant                   2' Flautina
                                  III  Mixture 183
PEDAL:                              8' Trompette 61
    16' Bourdon 32                  4' Oboe 61 +
    16' Lieblich Gedeckt [SW]          Blank
10 2/3' Quinte                         Tremulant
     8' Bass Flute 12
     8' Dolce Flute [SW]
     4' Flute [SW]
        Blank [2]

     * digital stop added by Don Haan in 1998
     + replaced Vox Humana in 1991

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • August 21, 2010]

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