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Swem Pipe Organ Maintenance (2013)

St. Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church
224 Carrier Street NE
Grand Rapids, MI

Images

2014-06-25 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2014-06-25 - Stained Glass Windows (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2014-06-25 - Church Interior and Altar (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2014-06-25 - Church Ceiling (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2014-06-25 - Nave, Balcony, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2014-06-25 - Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2014-06-25 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2014-06-25 - Swell Pipework (Oboe Horn in foreground) (Unknown/Database Manager)

2014-06-25 - Great Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2014-06-25 - Pipework at back of Organ Case (Bourdon on far right) (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
29 stops
3 divisions
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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2014-06-28 - The organ was enlarged at this time with the addition of three ranks (4' Prestant, 4' Geigen Octave, and 8' Clarinet) from the former First Reformed Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The facade is from the church's former organ that was installed in 1912. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (June 25, 2014) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Grand Rapids, Michigan
ST. ALPHONSUS CATHOLIC CHURCH

Built by Wicks Organ Company   1957
Enlarged by Swem Pipe Organ Maintenance   2013 
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GREAT:                          SWELL:                         PEDAL:
    8' Diapason Conique 61          8' Rohrflute 61               16' Bourdon 32 +
    8' Gemshorn 61                  8' Viola Pomposa 61           16' Gemshorn 12 [GT]
    8' Flute Harmonique 61          8' Voix Celeste 49 [TC] +     16' Rohr Bourdon 12 [SW]
    4' Prestant 61 *                4' Geigen Octave 61 *          8' Bass Flute 12 +
    4' Gemshorn 12                  4' Fugara 12                   8' Gemshorn [GT]
    4' Orchestral Flute 12          4' Chimney Flute 12            8' Flauto Dolce [SW]
2 2/3' Twelfth 7                2 2/3' Nazard 7                    8' Cello [SW]
    2' Fifteenth 5                  2' Flautino 5              5 1/5' Quint
    8' Clarinet 49 [TC] *           8' Oboe Horn 61                4' Choral Bass [GT]
       Tremolo                         Tremolo                     8' Oboe Horn [SW]
       Blank [3]                       Blank [5]                      Blank [4]

* Stops added by Swem in 2013.
+ Stops listed as prepared for on the original Wicks specs, but added at an unknown time.

Submitted by Chad Boorsma • June 28, 2014

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