Better Pipe Organ Database

J. W. Steere & Sons Opus 350 (1893)

First Christian Church: Sanctuary
130 E. Washington Street
Ionia, MI

OHS convention: 1995

Images

2010-08-11 - Keydesk and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-11 - Sanctuary, Chancel, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-11 - Keydesk (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-11 - Builder's Name Stencil (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-11 - Pump Handle (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-11 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-11 - Stained Glass Window (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
13 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1995. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Manual compass 58 notes; Pedal compass 27 notes. Renovated in 1984 by Swem Pipe Organs. -Database Manager

2010-08-12 - Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ was purchased for $1,800. The facade contains the 18 largest pipes of the 8' Open Diapason and 15 fake pipes. All were painted to match the church walls with the black and gold bands retained. The organ case is made of cherry. All of the pipes, except for the Open Diapason and Pedal Bourdon, are enclosed in the Swell box. The church still has the pump handle that was used before the electric blower was installed. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
130 E. Washington Street
Ionia, MI
J. W. Steere & Sons   Opus 350    1893
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LEFT JAMB:                            RIGHT JAMB:
  8' Sw. Stopd. Diapason 46               8' Gr. Open Diapason 58        
  8' Sw. Stopd. Diapason Bass 12          8' Gr. Melodia 46
  8' Sw. Salicional 58                    8' Gr. Stopd. Diapason Bass 12
  4' Sw. Flute Harmonique 48              8' Gr. Dulciana 46
  8' Sw. Oboe 46                          4' Gr. Octave 58
         Tremolo                      2 2/3' Gr. Twelfth 58
 16' Pd. Bourdon 27                       2' Gr. Fifteenth 58

DRAWKNOBS ABOVE UPPER MANUAL:         FOOT LEVERS: (left to right)
  Great to Pedale                        Great To Pedal Reversible
  Swell to Pedale                        Controls all Great Pipes
  Swell to Great                         Controls Gr. Melodia 8' and Gr. Dulciana 8'

OTHER FEATURES:
  Iron Swell Shoe
  Wind indicator slot
  Electric blower
  Blower Signal

[Received from J. Paul Schneider • July 1976]