Better Pipe Organ Database

John F. Shawhan (1960)

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church: Church
250 Brown Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI

Images

2011-02-03 - Church Interior and Altar (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-02-03 - Nave, Balcony, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-02-03 - Swell Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-02-03 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-02-03 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-02-03 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
13 stops
3 divisions
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 thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2011-02-04 - Identified through online information from Chad Boorsma -- The organ includes some Casavant parts; the pipes, though, were either used from unidentified sources or new from Organ Supply Industries. There are many prepared stops, and the chambers have a great deal of extra room. The organ is in a room with excellent acoustics. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (February 3, 2011) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Grand Rapids, Michigan
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH

John F. Shawhan    14 ranks    1960
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GREAT:                    SWELL:                        PEDAL:
  8' Principal 61             8' Melodia 61              16' Soubasse 32
  8' Flûte Bouchée 61         8' Quintatön [pf]          16' Gemshorn [pf]
  8' Gemshorn [pf]            8' Viole De Gambe 61       16' Quintatön [pf]
  4' Octave [pf]              8' Voix Célestes [pf]       8' Octave 32
  4' Cor De Nuit 61           4' Prestant 61              8' Bourdon 12
  2' Flûte à Bec [pf]         4' Flûte à Cheminée [pf]    8' Gemshorn [pf]
 IV  Fourniture 244       2 2/3' Nazard [pf]              4' Bass Chorale 12
     Tremulant                2' Doublette 61            II  Quartain [pf]
     Carillon [pf]          III  Plein Jeu [pf]          16' Fagotto [pf]
                             II  Cymbale [pf]             8' Fagotto [pf]
                             16' Fagotto [pf]             4' Clairon [pf]
                              8' Trompette 61                Carillon [pf]
                              4' Chalemie [pf]
                                 Tremulant

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • February 5, 2011]