First Congregational Church: Sanctuary
126 E. Cass Street
Greenville, MI
Images
2022-03-16 - Sanctuary interior with organ chambers in front (Photograph by Joe Granger, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-03-16 - Console (Photograph by Joe Granger, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2012-04-04 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2012-04-04 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2012-04-04 - Nave and Balcony (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2012-04-04 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2012-04-04 - Swell Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2012-04-04 - Swell Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2012-04-04 - Great Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2012-04-04 - Great Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2012-04-04 - Great Pipework and Pedal Bourdon (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2012-04-04 - Stained Glass Window (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2012-04-04 - Console during Rebuild Process (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
2012-04-04 - Console during Rebuild Process (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)
1957-11-11 - Console Prior to Rebuild (Image from a church history publication/Database Manager)
Consoles
Original Moller
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 2 manuals
- 11 stops
- 26 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- 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
Swem 2012
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 2 manuals
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2012-05-30 - The organ was purchased from East Congregational Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1957. It's not clear who installed the instrument in this church. One church history states that this organ was "combined" with the church's previous Hook and Hastings instrument, but that's not certain. In 2012, Swem Pipe Organ Maintenance rebuilt the console, removing the drawknobs and stop jambs, and installing stop keys above the top manual. -Database Manager
2012-05-31 - The 2-rank mixture on the Great does not appear to be original. However, it is not known who installed it nor when it was installed. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist taken from the console April 4, 2012
Greenville, Michigan
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Originally built by M. P. Möller Opus 5501
Installed in this location in 1957 12 ranks
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GREAT (Expressive) INTER-DIVISIONAL COUPLERS
8 Open Diapason 61 Swell to Pedal 8,4
8 Bourdon (Sw) -- Great to Pedal 8,4
8 Dulciana (Sw) --
4 Octave 61 Swell to Great 16,8,4
4 Principal (Sw) --
II Mixture 122
Tremulant FINGER PISTONS
Chimes (2_) General 1 - 6
Swell 1 - 4
Great to Great 4 Great 1 - 4
SFZ (rev)
Set
SWELL (Expressive) Can
16 Bourdon 12
8 Violin Diapason 61
8 Gedeckt 61 TOE LEVERS
8 Salicional 61 Gt. to Ped. Rev. (rev)
8 Voix Celeste (tc) 49 Sforzando (rev)
8 Dulciana 61
4 Violin 12
4 Flute 12 MIDI (In Great Stoprail)
2 2/3 Nazard 7 Midi 1
2 2/3 Dolce 61 Midi 2
2 Piccolo 5 Midi 3
2 Dolce Midi 4
1 1/3 Dolce 12
8 Trumpet 73
Tremulant PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
Swell to Swell 16 Great Expression (bal.)
Swell to Swell 4 Crescendo (bal.)
PEDAL:
16 Bourdon 32
16 Violone (Sw) 12
16 Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) --
8 Octave (Gt) 12
8 Flute (Sw) --
4 Flute (Sw) --
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16 Trombone
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[Received online from Chad Boorsma • May 31, 2012]
[Corrected/Updated by James R. Stettner • April 3, 2022]
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