Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 393, 1922
Fountain Street Baptist Church
24 Fountain Street NE
Grand Rapids, MI, US
54 Ranks - 3,565 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 Divisions48 Stops65 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
The congregation became independent in in the mid-1960's and changed its name to just Fountain Street Church.
Database Manager on May 19th, 2010:
Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma -- The cost of the organ was $60,000 and was a gift from Mr. & Mrs. William A. Jack, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Nichols, and Mr. & Mrs. F. Stuart Foote. The instrument and organ were dedicated on February 3, 1924. Recitals were played by Chandler Goldthwaite, Emory L. Gallup, Marcel Dupré, and others.
Database Manager on January 8th, 2006:
Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Substantially rebuilt by Casavant in 1959 and by Tellers in 1970 with a new console.
Webpage Links: Opus 393: Fountain Street Baptist Church
Related Instrument Entries: Casavant Frères Ltée. (1959) , Tellers Organ Co. (1970) , Austin Organs, Inc. (Opus 2782, 2003)
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