Pipe Organ Database

W. W. Kimball Co. (1925)

Location:

Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Parish
156 Valley Ave. SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504 US
Church
Organ ID: 63926

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
The organ is no longer at this location; destroyed, dispersed, relocated or taken in trade.
The organ's condition is unknown.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on April 04, 2019.

Technical Details:

Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
914 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 18 stops.

Divisions

All:

Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on April 04, 2019.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 2
Divisions: 3
Stops: 18
Manual Compass: 61
Pedal Compass: 32
Key Action: Tubular-pneumatic connection from key to chest.
Stop Action: Tubular-pneumatic connection between stop control and chest.

We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on April 04, 2019.

Notes

Database Manager on April 03, 2019:

The organ cost $6,850 and was installed by Henry Reinisch, a builder from Grand Rapids.  The pipe organ was blessed and dedicated in a special ceremony on Sunday, August 16, 1925, with a recital that included:  Eugene J. Phillips, organist and choir director from the Cathedral of St. Andrew; Katherine Jansheska Phillips, soloist; and a sixteen-voice choir from Sacred Heart, under the direction of Max Wojtalewicz.  
[Information from "The Sacred Heart Story" by Eduard Adam Skendel].

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 04, 2019.

Database Manager on April 03, 2019:

Great stops:  two Open Diapasons, Violin, Flute, Gamba, Octet, Trumpet, Trombone, and Chimes of twenty tubes.  
Swell stops:  Horn Diapason, Violin, Cello, Concert Flute, Flute Harmonica, Oboe, and Vox Humana.  
[Source: Catholic Vigil, August 12, 1925, 8:2]

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 04, 2019.

Database Manager on April 03, 2019:

The organ was replaced in 1962 by a Wicks pipe organ, but the organ cases remain, as does the Contra Bass pipework.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 04, 2019.

<i>The Sacred Heart Story</i>: Open In New Tab Description of Organ Installation and Program, Partial Stoplist
We received the most recent update for this document from Database Manager on April 04, 2019.