Better Pipe Organ Database

Schantz Organ Co. Opus 1898 (1988)

St. John's Episcopal Church
26998 Woodward Avenue
Royal Oak, MI

Images

Unknown - Nave (Photograph by Thomas B Bobson (2019)/Database Manager)

2019-09-11 - Exposed Pipework (covering was removed at an earlier date) (Photograph by Thomas B Robson/Database Manager)

2019-09-11 - Console (Photograph by Thomas B Robson/Database Manager)

1994-05-19 - Sanctuary chancel and chamber grille (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-19 - Sanctuary interior and chancel (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-19 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
33 stops
46 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2003 -Database Manager

2008-07-05 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2019-09-29 - A 16-note set of steel organ Chimes was installed in the Great Division in 2018 by the Lauck Pipe Organ Company of Otsego, MI; a Peterson 12-note 32' electronic Contra Bourdon extension stop has also been installed. -Database Manager

Stoplist

From the factory specifications, Schantz Organ Co., via Roman Lizak Source: Courtesy of Schantz Organ Co., via Roman Lizak Date not recorded

     Royal Oak, Michigan
     St. John's Episcopal Church

     Schantz   Op. 1898   1988   3/41
     __________________________________________________

     GREAT                          CHOIR-POSITIV
  8' Principal        61         8' Holzgedackt      61
  8' Rohrflöte        61         8' Erzähler         61
  4' Octave           61         8' Erzähler Celeste 49
  4' Spitzflöte       61         4' Koppelflöte      61
  2' Super Octave     61     2 2/3' Nasat            61
 IV  Fourniture      244         2' Waldflöte        61
     Sub                     1 3/5' Terz             61
     Unison Off                III  Cymbale         183
     Super                       8' Cromorne         61
  8' Festival Trumpet 61            Tremulant
                                    Sub
     SWELL                          Unison Off
 16' Bourdon          61            Super
  8' Principal        61         8' Festival Trumpet GT
  8' Bourdon          12
  8' Viole            61            PEDAL
  8' Viole Celeste    49        32' Resulant         --
  4' Octave           61        16' Principal        32
  4' Flute Harmonique 61        16' Subbass          32
  2' Principal        61        16' Bourdon          SW
III  Plein Jeu       183         8' Principal        12
 16' Hautbois         61         8' Bassflöte        12
  8' Trompette        61         8' Bourdon          SW
  8' Hautbois         12         4' Choralbass       32
  4' Clairon          61         4' Bourdon          SW
     Tremulant                 III  Mixture          96
     Sub                        16' Posaune          32
     Unison Off                 16' Hautbois         SW
     Super                       8' Posaune          12
                                 8' Hautbois         SW
                                 4' Clairon          12
                                 4' Cromorne         CH

  [Received online from Jeff Scofield  August 3, 2011]

Documents

(1988-04-14) Factory specifications courtesy of Schantz Organ Co., via Roman Lizak Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield