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Austin Organ Co. Opus 955 (1920)

Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Episcopal
4800 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
41 stops
37 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical

Notes

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

2007-07-26 - Updated through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -- This organ was replaced by a four-manual Casavant in the early 1950s and in turn by a four-manual Pilzecker in 1992. -Database Manager

2010-06-15 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 55-stop gallery organ prepared for in the console; new Casavant console added in 1952 and an additional 25 ranks and parts added by Casavant in 1954; rebuilt and enlarged by Pilzecker as a 4/96 in 1991, retaining the ornate Casavant console shell. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> June 1920 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Detroit, Michigan
    Cathedral Church of St. Paul
  
    Austin   Op. 955   1920   4/39

    A 55-stop gallery organ was prepared-for

    GREAT                         SWELL
16' Bourdon            61     16' Lieblich Gedeckt   73   
 8' 1st Open Diapason  61      8' Open Diapason      73
 8' 2nd Open Diapason  61      8' Rohr Flute         73
 8' Gross Flute        61      8' Viole d'Orchestre  73
 8' Violoncello        61      8' Viole Celeste   tc 61
 8' Gemshorn           61      8' Salicional         73
 4' Octave             61      4' Violina            73
 4' Hohl Flute         61      4' Harmonic Flute     73
 8' Trumpet            61     16' Contra Posaune     73
                               8' Cornopean          73
    SOLO                       8' Oboe               73
 8' Stentorphone       73         Tremulant
 8' Gross Flute        73
 8' Gross Gamba        73         CHOIR
 4' Principal          73      8' Geigen Principal   73
 8' Harmonic Tuba      73      8' Melodia            73
 8' Flugel Horn        73      8' Dulciana           73
    Tremulant                  8' Unda Maris      tc 61
                               8' Quintadena         73
    PEDAL                      4' Viola              73
32' Resultant Bass     --      4' Flute d'Amour      73
16' Open Diapason      32      2' Piccolo            61
16' Bourdon            32      8' Clarinet           73
16' Violone            32         Tremulant
16' Lieblich Gedeckt   SW         Harp               61
 8' Flauto Major       12
 8' Dolce Flute        12
 8' Violoncello        12
16' Bombarde           32
16' Fagotto            SW

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 15, 2010.]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON June 1920 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield

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