Swem Pipe Organ Maintenance
2001
Originally Hinners Organ Company (1905)
Beaverdam Reformed Church
Sanctuary
7250 Ransom Street
Zeeland, MI, US
15 Ranks - 817 Pipes
Instrument ID: 36503 ● Builder ID: 6123 ● Location ID: 32225
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions18 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
The congregation disbanded and held its last worship service on December 31, 2017.
Database Manager on September 6th, 2015:
In early 2015, the Swell's Oboe (really a Fagotto rank) was replaced with a 1930's Kilgen Trumpet that was originally part of the organ at First Reformed Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Swem Pipe Organ completed the work.
Database Manager on May 17th, 2009:
Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- Swem relocated the organ to the church's current facility. He added the 2' Flautino on the Swell (while the organ was still in the previous building), the Chimes on the Great, and the 16' Principal on the Pedal.
Database Manager on August 26th, 2008:
Original Hinners previously rebuilt and enlarged by Mutchler Organ Company, 1980.
Database Manager on August 26th, 2008:
Enlargement of Mutchler work from 1980, done in conjunction with move to new building.
Related Instrument Entries: Mutchler Organ Co. (1982) , Hinners Organ Company (1905) , Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. (Opus 5011, 1933)
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