Better Pipe Organ Database

C. V. Barden Co. (1973)

Bethany Reformed Church: Sanctuary
1833 S. Burdick Street
Kalamazoo, MI

Images

2011-06-30 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-30 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Displays (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-30 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-30 - Great Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-30 - Positiv Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-30 - Nave and Balcony (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-30 - Balcony Window (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-30 - Chancel Window (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
37 stops
4 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 combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2011-07-02 - The church's sanctuary and new pipe organ (a 2-manual instrument costing $16,000) were destroyed by fire in 1972. The sanctuary was rebuilt and dedicated in 1973 with this organ by C. V. Barden Company. The Positiv is exposed on the left, the Great is exposed on the right, the Pedal is in the left chamber, and the Swell is under expression in the right chamber. When the sanctuary was originally built, it housed a 1933 Hillgreen-Lane instrument. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (June 30, 2011) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Kalamazoo, Michigan
BETHANY REFORMED CHURCH

C. V. Barden Company    31 ranks    1973
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GREAT:                          SWELL:
   8' Principal 61                  8' Gedeckt 61
   8' Rohrflöte 61                  8' Muted Viol 61
   4' Octave 61                     8' Viol Celeste 49 [TC]
   4' Quintadena 61                 4' Nachthorn 61
   2' Super Octave 61               2' Blockflöte 61
 III  Fourniture 183              III  Zimbel 183
      Chimes                        8' Trumpet Harmonic 61
                                    4' Oboe Clarion 61
PEDAL:                                 Tremolo
  32' Acoustic Bass  
  16' Viol Principal 32         POSITIV:
  16' Subbass 32                    8' Gemshorn 61
  16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 [SW]      8' Quintaton 61
   8' Octave 12                     4' Koppelflöte 61
   8' Pommer 12                 2 2/3' Nazard 61
   4' Choralbass 32                 2' Spitzflöte 61
   4' Waldflöte 32              1 3/5' Terz 61
   2' Bachflöte 12              1 1/3' Larigot 61
  16' Fagotto 32                    8' Krummhorn 61
   8' Krummhorn [POS]                  Tremolo
   4' Oboe Klarine [SW]                Zimbelstern
      Chimes [GT]

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • July 2, 2011]