Better Pipe Organ Database

David Wilson (2010)

Third Reformed Church: Sanctuary
111 West 13th Street
Holland, MI

Images

2012-06-26 - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-06-26 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-06-26 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-06-26 - Organ Case and Trompette en Chamade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-06-26 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
39 stops
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
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

2012-07-03 - The organ was originally built by Robert L. Sipe in 1982. Work at this time including replacement of some pipes and revoicing of others. The digital Pedal stops were replaced, and one new one was added. The console received an electric assist action for the couplers and a computerized memory system. Cost of the project was $172,000. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from factory specifications and the console (June 26, 2012) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Holland, Michigan
THIRD REFORMED CHURCH

Original Builder:  Robert L. Sipe    1982
Modifications:     David Wilson      2010
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

GREAT:                          SWELL:
   16' Bourdon 58                   8' Salicional 58 *           * pipes replaced
    8' Principal 58                 8' Celeste [TC] 46 *         + digital voices that are new or were replaced
    8' Gedeckt 58                   8' Rohrflöte 58              = operates from thumb pistons
    4' Octave 58                    4' Spitzflöte 58
    2' Super Octave 58              4' Principal 58              RANKS REVOICED
 IV-V  Mixture 262                  2' Blockflöte 58              •Great:    all ranks
    8' Trompete 58                 II  Sesquialtera 116           •Positiv:  Scharf
       Tremulant                   IV  Mixture 232                •Swell:    Oboe   
                                   16' Basson 58 *                •Pedal:    16' & 8' Principals 
POSITIV:                            8' Hautbois 58
    8' Holzgedeckt 58                  Tremulant
    8' Flute Conique 58
    4' Principal 58             PEDAL:
    4' Spillflöte 58               32' Subbass +
    2' Octave 58                   16' Subbass +
1 1/3' Larigot 58                  16' Principal 32
   IV  Scharf 232                   8' Octave 32
   16' Trompette en Chamade         8' Bass Flute +
    8' Cromorne 58                  4' Choralbass 32
    8' Trompette en Chamade 44     IV  Mixture 128
       Chimes =                    32' Contra Fagot +
       Zimbelstern =               16' Posaune 32
       Tremulant                    8' Trumpet +

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • July 3, 2012]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#41641 - Robert L. Sipe, Inc. (1982)