Pipe Organ Database

Kilgen Organ Co. (Opus 7696, 1955)

Location:

First Congregational Church
1201 Jefferson Street
Muskegon, MI 49441 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 46884

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Congregational Church
The organ has been renovated with changes from its original state.
The organ's condition is good, in regular use.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
36 ranks. 2,348 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 32 stops. 54 registers.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. No visible pipes.

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 3
Divisions: 4
Stops: 32
Registers: 54
Position: Console in fixed position, right.
Manual Compass: 61
Pedal Compass: 32
Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
Has Crescendo Pedal
Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons

We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Notes

Database Manager on March 19, 2019:

According to a vintage postcard, the console was originally located in the choir loft on the opposite side of the chancel.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on March 20, 2019.

Database Manager on June 20, 2010:

Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma.  -- The organ was designed by John Wheeler, church organist, in collaboration with Eugene R. Kilgen and Scott Wheeler, Michigan representative of the Kilgen company.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on June 18, 2010:

Identified through online information from Chad Boorsma.  -- The organ console was converted to solid state with a Peterson multi-level memory system in 2008 by Bill Swem.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist from <i>The Diapason </i> October 1948 and from the console (June 16, 2010)
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.