Better Pipe Organ Database

C. V. Barden Co. (1985)

Fourth Reformed Church: Sanctuary
6339 Atlantic Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI

Images

2011-04-26 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-04-26 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-04-26 - Great Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-04-26 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-04-26 - Console (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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2011-05-03 - The organ was originally installed in 1937 in the congregation's previous location at 134 E. Dutton Street, also in Kalamazoo. It was damaged in a 1978 fire and rebuilt as a two-manual instrument by C. V. Barden Company. Barden then moved the organ to this location, the congregation's current sanctuary, in 1985. -Database Manager

2013-05-10 - From Jim Weaver, via e-mail: I just received a call from the new pastor of the 4th Reformed Church on 6339 Atlantic Ave in Kalamazoo, MI regarding their 1937 Kilgen organ ([reduced from four manuals to two and] installed at the present location by Barton in 1985). They are moving to a new location and will not move the organ which is now being offered for sale â€“ or as a gift. -Database Manager

2015-06-29 - Fourth Church disbanded in November of 2012. A different Reformed Church in America congregation (Voyage Church) now meets in the building. The organ was listed for sale or donation on <i>The Diapason</i> website. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (April 26, 2011) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Kalamazoo, Michigan
FOURTH REFORMED CHURCH

George Kilgen and Sons    Opus 5893     1937

Modifications by C. V. Barden Company   1978/1985
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GREAT:                   SWELL:                       PEDAL:
  8' Open Diapason 73        8' Stopped Flute 73        32' Resultant
  8' Gemshorn 73             8' Salicional 73           16' Bourdon 32
  8' Melodia 73              8' Voix Celeste 61 [TC]    16' Echo Bourdon 12 [SW]
  4' Principal 61            4' Geigen Principal 73      8' Open Diapason 32
  4' Flute D'Amour 61        4' Concert Flute 61         8' Flute 12
III  Mixture 183             4' Dulciana 61              4' Choral Bass 12
     Tremulant           2 2/3' Harmonic Nasard 7        8' Oboe [SW]
     Chimes                  2' Blockflute 61               Chimes
     Blank [2]               8' Oboe 73                     Blank [4]
                                Blank [3]

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • May 3, 2011]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#24131†* - Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 5893 (1937)