St. Catherine of Siena Church
Portage, Michigan
Manuals: 2
Stops: 17
Ranks: 23
Swell Organ (Expressive)
| 8′ | Viola de Gambe |
| 8′ | Voix Céleste TC |
| 8′ | Rohrflöte |
| 4′ | Principal |
| 4′ | Harmonic Flute |
| 2′ | Octavin |
| IV | Plein Jeu |
| 16′ | Contre Trompette |
| 8′ | Trompette |
| Tremulant | |
| Swell to Swell 16′ | |
| Swell Unison Off | |
| Swell to Swell 4′ |
Pedal Organ
| 32′ | Resultant |
| 16′ | Subbass |
| 16′ | Rohrgedeckt (SW) |
| 8′ | Octave |
| 8′ | Bourdon |
| 8′ | Rohrflöte (SW) |
| 5 1/3′ | Quintflöte |
| 4′ | Choral Bass |
| 16′ | Contre Trompette (SW) |
| 8′ | Trompette (SW) |
| 4′ | Trompette (SW) |
Great Organ
| 16′ | Rohrflöte (SW) |
| 8′ | Principal |
| 8′ | Bourdon |
| 4′ | Octave |
| 4′ | Nachthorn |
| 2 2/3′ | Twelfth |
| 2′ | Super Octave |
| 1 3/5′ | Tierce |
| IV | Fourniture |
| 8′ | Trompette (SW) |
| Great Unison Off |
Reversibles
| Swell to Pedal (with toe piston) | |
| Great to Pedal (with toe piston) | |
| Tutti (with toe piston) |
Couplers
| Great to Swell 8′ | |
| Swell to Great 16′ 8′ 4′ | |
| Great to Pedal 8′ | |
| Swell to Pedal 8′ 4′ |
Pistons
| 12 | General (with toe pistons) |
The Nichols & Simpson organ at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Portage, Michigan is equipped with a French terraced drawknob console for optimum visual communication between the organst and the choir. The console features keys of polished cow-bone and rosewood. The drawknobs are of turned roseweood with bone inset for the engraving. The interior of the console is constructed of burl eucalyptus. The solid state control system allows the organist 32 levels of combination action memory.
The organ includes an extensive MIDI system, allowing the organist to access sound modules playable on either of the manuals or the pedalboard, as well as a MIDI sequencer which allows the organist to duplicate a performance exactly as it was recorded.
Those who contributed to the realization of the organ include:
(engineering, installation, tonal finishing)
Wayne E. Simpson III
(design, voicing, tonal finishing)
Timothy M. Bovard
(windchest construction, installation)
(windchest construction)
Bryan K. Gray
(computer-aided drawing and design)
Kevin Keefe
(case construction)