Better Pipe Organ Database

C. A. Bentschneider (1979)

First Congregational Church: Sanctuary; front
127 Seward St.
Hudson, MI

Images

2023-11-14 - Austin console installed in 1979 (Photograph by Andrew A Clark/Andrew A Clark)

2023-11-14 - Lyon & Healy facade and casework (Photograph by Andrew A Clark/Andrew A Clark)

2023-11-14 - Church exterior (Photograph by Andrew A Clark/Andrew A Clark)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
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 (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Lyon & Healy (1900, Opus 59). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1981 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - This entry represents the rebuilding, electrification and enlargement of an existing organ. -Database Manager

2023-11-15 - The original organ was a Lyon & Healy from 1900 or there abouts. In 1979, C.A. Bentschneider from Brooklyn, Michigan rebuilt and electrified the organ and added a couple ranks of pipes. The Mechanical Action components from the Lyon & Healy organ were disconnected and removed but the original console left in place for historical value but no longer functions. The pipes were reused as part of the rebuild. A 3-manual Austin console was used in the rebuild. -Andrew A Clark

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#4368 - Lyon & Healy Opus 59 (1900)