Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 5640 (1978)

Birchwood United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
3003 Gethings Road
Battle Creek, MI

Images

2013-07-24 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2013-07-24 - Pipe Display and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2013-07-24 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2013-07-24 - Nave (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2013-07-24 - 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
11 stops
18 registers
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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2013-08-01 - Most of the Great division is exposed in a pipe display at the front of the room. The rest of the Great (Sesquialtera) and the Swell are enclosed in the right chamber. The console states that the organ is 10 ranks, but it could be 11 instead. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (July 24, 2013) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Battle Creek, Michigan
BIRCHWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Wicks Organ Company    Opus 5640     1978
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GREAT:                    SWELL:                         PEDAL:
   8' Principal               8' Gemshorn                 16' Bourdon [SW] *
   8' Bourdon [SW]            8' Gemshorn Celeste [TC]    16' Lieblich Gedeckt [SW] *
   4' Octave                  8' Gedeckt                   8' Principal [GT]
   2' Flute [SW]              4' Spitz Viole               8' Bourdon [SW]
 III  Mixture                 2' Blockflöte                4' Choral Bass [GT]
  II  Sesquialtera        1 1/3' Quint    
      Chimes                  8' Hautbois                  *  plays the same rank of pipes
                                 Tremolo

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • August 1, 2013]