The Casavant Organ
at
First
Reformed Church
630 State Street
Holland,
Michigan 49423
(616) 392-8085
History
Specifications
Great
Swell
Positiv
Pedal
Couplers
Pistons
Toe
Pistons
Positiv Digital Selections
Pedal Digital Selections
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First
Reformed Church
Holland, Michigan
Pedal
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Positiv |
Swell |
Great
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| HISTORY The
organ in the sanctuary was designed by the late
Lawrence Phelps and custom built by Casavant
Freres Limitee of St. Hyacinths, Quebec, Canada
in 1962 for the new building of First Reformed
Church. The installation and tonal finishing of
this instrument took five weeks. It was dedicated
in a recital played on Tuesday, January 1, 1963
by the late Dr. Cyril E. Barker, Minister of
Music at Central Reformed Church in Grand Rapids.
The
console contains three manuals and pedal board,
with draw-knobs and couplers to control stops.
The console is also equipped with a combination
action, which allows the organist to preset stops
and couplers, to effect rapid tonal changes
during a performance.
The
organ originally contained 37 ranks (sets of
pipes) ranging from the largest Pedal pipes to
the smallest Flautino pipe with a speaking length
of only ¾ of an inch. In 1984 the late Roger
Davis of Hope College in Holland, Michigan, made
tonal improvements in several of the ranks and at
the same time added the 16’ Bourdon to the
Pedal and a tremulant to the Positiv manual.
The
next addition to the organ was the 8' Kleinheksel
Trumpet. This rank contains 61 horizontally
mounted pipes made of solid brass with a high
luster finish. It was made by Trivo, Inc. of
Hagerstown, Maryland and installed in 1988 by
Robert Dial of Springfield, Illinois and Leslie
Peart, who at the time was the Minister of Music
at Central Reformed Church in Grand Rapids.
A
portable Zimbelstern was acquired in 1996. The
word zimbelstern means “cymbal-star”.
The original zimbelsterns were in the shape of a
star with high-pitched cymbals or bells at each
point. As the star turned, the bells hit
stationary clappers. Our Zimbelstern has nine
stationary bells that are hit by moving clappers.
The
newest additions to the organ are the Digital
stops which are alterable electronic ranks. One
is in the Pedal division and includes 32’,
16’, 8’, 4’, 2’, and 1’
sounds. The other is located on the Positiv
manual with the speakers sounding from within the
Swell box or from the back of the balcony as an
echo organ. This stop includes 58 different
sounds. These new stops were installed and voiced
between 1999 and 2001 by Donald Haan of Grand
Rapids, Michigan.
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SPECIFICATIONS
3 Manuals -
61 notes
Pedal - 32 notes
Swell Expression Shoe
Crescendo Shoe |
Total Ranks
of Pipes - 39
Total Number of Pipes - 2086
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| GREAT 8'
Principal
8' Bourdon
4' Octave
4' Koppelflote
2' Superoctave
Mixture IV
Zimbelstern
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SWELL (under
expression) 8'
Rohrflote
8' Viola
8' Viola Celeste (T.C.)
4' Spitzprincipal
2' Waldflote
ScharffIV
8' Trompette
Swell to Swell 16
Swell to Swell 4
Tremulant
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POSITIV 8'
Gedackt
4' Nachthorn
2' Gemshorn
1 1/3' Quintflote
Sesquialtera II
Zimbel III
8' Kleinheksel Trumpet
8' Krummhorn
Digital (under expression)
Tremulant
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PEDAL 16'
Subbass
16' Bourdon
16' Quintade
8' Octave
8' Pommer
4' Superoctave
Mixture II
16' Fagott
Digital (Electronic)
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COUPLERS
Swell
to Great 16, 8, 4
Positiv to Great 16, 8
Swell to Positiv 16, 8, 4
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Positiv to Pedal
Swell to Pedal 4
TOE PISTONS
General
1,2,3,4
Great to Pedal reversable
Full Organ
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PISTONS
Great
1,2,3,4
Swell 1,2,3,4
Positiv 1,2,3,4
Pedal 1,2,3,4
General 1,2,3,4
Swell to Great (reversable)
Swell to Pedal (reversable)
Great to Pedal (reversable)
Positiv to Pedal (reversable)
Digital to Swell (reversable)
Digital Echo On (reversable)
Digital Positiv Tuning up
+ down
Digital Pedal Tuning up +
down
Digital Positiv
Selection up + down
Digital Pedal
Selection up + down
General Cancel
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| POSITIV DIGITAL
SELECTIONS 1. 16’ Principal
2. 8’ Diapason
3. 8’ +
4’ Principal
4. 4’ Octave
5. 2’ Super
Octave
6. 16’ Bourdon
7. 8’ Bourdon
8. 8’ Bourdon with Tremulant
9. 8’ Gedeckt
10. 8’ Flute
Celeste
11. 8’ Rohr
Flute Celeste
12. 4’ Koppel
Flute
13. 4’ Koppel
Flute with Tremulant
14. 4’
Harmonic Flute
15. 4’
Harmonic Flute with
Tremulant
16. 2’ Wald
Flute
17. 2’ Wald
Flute with Tremulant
18. 1’ Fife
19. 1’ Fife with Tremulant
20. 2 2/3' Nazard
21. 2 2/3' Nazard with Tremulant
22. 1 3/5' Tierce
23. 1 3/5' Tierce with Tremulant
24. 16’+4’ Flutes
25. 8’+4’
Flutes
26. 8’+2’
Flutes
27. 8’ Unda
Maris
28. 8’ Unda
Maris II
29. 8’ Viol
Celeste
30. 8’ Cello
Celeste
31. 8’ Vox
Humana
32. 8’ Vox
Humana pp
33. 16’
Bassoon
34. 8’
Klarinette
35. 8’
Klarinette with Tremulant
36. 8’
Clarinet
37. 8’
Clarinet with Tremulant
38. 8’ Oboe
39. 8’ Oboe with Tremulant
40. 8’ English
Horn
41. 8’ English
Horn with Tremulant
42. 8’
Hautbois
43. 8’
Hautbois with Tremulant
44. 8’
Krummhorn
45. 8’
Krummhorn with Tremulant
46. 8’ English
Tuba
47. 8’ English
Tuba with Tremulant
48. 16’
Trumpet
49. 8’ Trumpet
50. 8’ Trumpet
with Tremulant
51. 8’ Spanish
Trumpet
52. 16’ +
8’ Trumpets
53. 8’ +
4’ Trumpets
54. Harp (acoustic)
55. 8’
Harpsichord
56. Music Box
57. Hand Bells
58. Chimes
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PEDAL DIGITAL
SELECTIONS 1. 32’ Gedeckt
2. 32’ +
16’ Gedeckt
3. 16’ Gedeckt
4. 32’ +
16’ Quintade
5. 32’
Bourdon
6. 32’ +
16’ Bourdon
7. 4’ Koppel
Flute
8. 4’ Koppel
Flute with Tremulant
9. 2’ Harmonic
Flute
10. 2’
Harmonic Flute with
Tremulant
11. 1’ Koppel
Flute
12. 1’ Koppel
Flute with Tremulant
13. 32’ Dulciana
14. 32’ +
16’ Dulciana
15. 16’
Dulciana
16. 32’
Violone
17. 16’
Violone
18. 32’
Violone Celeste
19. 32’ +
16’ Violone Celeste
20. 16’
Violone Celeste
21. 32’
Principal
22. 32’ +
16’ Principal
23. 16’
Principal
24. 32’ Fagott
25. 16’ Fagott
26. 8’ Bassoon
27. 4’
Hautbois
28. 4’
Hautbois with Tremulant
29. 4’ Regal
30. 4’ Regal with Tremulant
31. 32’ Tromba
32. 32’ +
16’ Tromba
33. 16’ Tromba
34. 32’
Trumpet
35. 16’
Trumpet
36. 16’ +
8’ Trumpet
37. 8’ Trumpet
38. 4’ Clarion
39. 32’
Bombarde
40. 32’
Pausane
41. Chimes
42. Timpani
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