Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Parish: Church
156 Valley Ave. SW
Grand Rapids, MI
Images
2019-06-20 - Stained Glass Window (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2019-06-20 - Stained Glass Window (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2019-06-20 - Stained Glass Window (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2019-04-03 - Church Interior and Altar (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2019-04-03 - Nave, Balcony, and Twin Organ Cases (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2019-04-03 - Nave, Balcony, and Twin Organ Cases (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2019-04-03 - Balcony and Twin Organ Cases (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2019-04-03 - Balcony Stained Glass Window (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2019-04-03 - Kimball Facade Pipes (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2019-04-03 - Kimball Organ Case (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2019-04-03 - Pipework ((left to right: Harmonic Flute, Erzahler, Geigen, Gedeckt, Trumpet) Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2019-04-03 - Pipework ((left to right: Geigen, Gedeckt, Trumpet) Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2019-04-03 - Pipework ((left to right: Gedeckt, Trumpet, Mixture, Diapason Conique) Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2019-04-03 - Pipework ((Diapson Conique bass pipes) Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2019-04-03 - Words Stamped on Kimball Contra Bass Pipe (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2019-04-03 - 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
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- 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
- Has combination thumb pistons
Notes
2011-05-24 - Identified through on-line information from William Baron. -Database Manager
2011-11-02 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2019-04-03 - The organ is installed entirely in the south organ case that once housed part of the parish's Kimball organ. The organ retained the Contra Bass pedal pipes that were part of the Kimball organ. In addition, a three-rank mixture was added to the organ at some point (possibly by Mutchler Organ Company). The Wicks console was replaced with a Rodgers console in 2001, and digital stops were added to the instrument. -Database Manager
2021-02-14 - The parish received a proposal from Wicks to expand the organ to 19 ranks in 1987, but that project was never accomplished. -Chad Boorsma
Stoplist
Source: Taken from factory specifications and supplied by the parish
Grand Rapids, Michigan
SACRED HEART OF JESUS CATHOLIC PARISH
Wicks Organ Co. Opus 4295 1962 7 ranks
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GREAT: SWELL:
8' Diapason Conique 8' Geigen Principal
8' Harmonic Flute 8' Pierced Gedeckt
8' Erzahler 8' Erzahler
4' Octave 4' Spitz Principal
4' Spitz Principal 4' Harmonic Flute
4' Flute 2 2/3' Nazard
4' Erzahler 2' Harmonic Piccolo
2 2/3' Twelfth 1' Sifflote
2' Fifteenth 8' Trumpet
8' Trumpet 4' Trumpet
TONAL ANALYSIS: PEDAL:
8' Diapason Conique 85 16' Bourdon
8' Geigen Principal 73 16' Erzahler
8' Harmonic Flute 85 8' Diapason Conique
8' Pierced Gedeckt 73 8' Geigen Principal
16' Erzahler 85 8' Gedeckt
8' Trumpet 73 5 1/3' Quint
16' Bourdon 32 * 4' Harmonic Flute
4' Erzahler
* from parish's former 2' Erzahler
Kimball pipe organ 8' Trumpet
[Received online from Chad Boorsma • February 13, 2021]
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