Better Pipe Organ Database

Pels (1962)

First Christian Reformed Church
1444 Maryland Avenue
Grosse Pointe Park, MI

Images

2022-06-16 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
19 stops
21 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets 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

Notes

2023-07-11 - It was installed by Holmes Organ Company of Woodstock, Ontario in 1962 I believe. In 2010 David Wigton rebuilt the windchests and made them slider from the original E-P action. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From console photos by Roman Lizak

       Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan
       Christian Reformed Church

       Pels   1962   2/21
       _______________________________________

       GREAT                SWELL
    8' Principal    61   8' Violin Diapason 61
    8' Rohr Flute   61   8' Gedeckt         61
    8' Dulciana     61   8' Gemshorn        61
    4' Octave       61   8' Celeste      tc 49
    4' Nachthorn    61   4' Koppel Flute    61
2 2/3' Twelfth      61   2' Kegel Pipe      61
    2' Fifteenth    61   8' Trumpet         61
  III  Mixture     183   8' Oboe            61
       Super                Tremulant
                            Super
       PEDAL
   16' Bourdon      32
   16' Gedackt      32
    8' Bass Flute   32
    8' Cello        32
   16' Trombone L/2 12 SW
    8' Trumpet      SW

   [Received from Jeff Scofield July 11, 2023]