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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1347 (1925)

Metropolitan Methodist Church
8000 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Images


Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1930s)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2005-01-08 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. website, accessed December 31, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2005-09-19 - Online update from Douglas W. Craw -- This organ was essentially replaced by a new 5 manual/121 rank Moller in 1970. Some of the Austin pipework was reused, notably the 32' Bombarde in the pedal and several ranks in the antiphonal divisions in the rear gallery. -Database Manager

2018-04-02 - Updated by William M. Worden, who has heard or played the organ. In addition William M. Worden gave this as a source of information: I maintained the organ in the mid-1970s.The Austin gallery divisions survive virtually unchanged. -Database Manager

2018-04-02 - Updated by William M. Worden, who gave this as the source of the information: I maintained the organ in the mid-1970s. The Austin gallery divisions survive virtually unchanged. -Database Manager

2018-04-09 - Updated by William M. Worden, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager


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