Better Pipe Organ Database

Holmberg (1959)

East Paris Christian Reformed Church / Michigan Chin Baptist Church: Sanctuary
3065 East Paris Ave. SE
Kentwood, MI

Images

2011-06-07 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-07 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-07 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-07 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
24 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 coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2011-06-07 - Donald Haan added a series of digital stops ca. 2000 that can be played on each division. -Database Manager

2024-09-23 - Updated through online information from Caleb Thang (September 22, 2024): I am the organist at this church. The church was recently sold and the new name is now 'Michigan Chin Baptist Church'. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (June 7, 2011) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Kentwood, Michigan
EAST PARIS CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

Holmberg Organs     1959     15 ranks
_________________________________________________________

GREAT:                      SWELL:
  8' Diapason 61                8' Gedeckt 61
  8' Bourdon 61                 8' Gamba 61
  8' Dulciana 61                8' Gamba Celeste 49 [TC]
  4' Octave 61                  4' Principal 61
  4' Rohrflute 61               4' Quintaton 61
  2' Fifteenth 61               4' Flute 12
  8' Krummhorn 61           2 2/3' Nazard
     Digital                    2' Flautino 12
     Tremolo                    8' Trumpet 61
                                8' Oboe 61
PEDAL:                             Digital
 16' Bourdon 12 [GT]               Tremolo
  8' Octave Principal 32 
  8' Gedeckt [SW]
  4' Choral Bass 12
     Digital

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • June 7, 2011]