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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 571 (1926)

St. Matthias' Episcopal Church
2080 W. Grand Boulevard
Detroit, MI

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


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Unknown - Church exterior (Helmut Ziewers, via historicdetroit.org/Jeff Scofield)

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Notes

2006-03-23 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Moved to Antioch Lutheran Church, Farmington Hills, MI and combined with E. M. Skinner, #194 from First Methodist, Muscatine, IA.</i> -Database Manager

2024-07-16 - With over 2,000 members, St. Matthias was the largest parish in the state in the 1950's; however, membership dropped quickly within 20 years and the parish was closed on August 13, 1978; the facility was later used by Enon Tabernacle. -Jeff Scofield


Stoplist

From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Detroit, Michigan
St. Matthias' Episcopal Church

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 571   1926       3 manuals, 19 stops, 19 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
     16' Bourdon             pf             16' Bourdon             73
      8' Diapason            61              8' Diapason            73
      8' Claribel Flute      pf              8' Gedeckt             73
      8' Erzähler            pf              8' Salicional          73
      8' Flauto Dolce        SW              8' Voix Celeste        73
      8' Gedeckt             pf              8' Flauto Dolce        73
      4' Octave              61              8' Flute Celeste       pf
      4' Flute               pf              4' Octave              pf
      4' Flute               SW              4' Flute Triangulaire  73
      8' Tromba              pf              2' Fifteenth           pf
      4' Clarion             pf             IV  Mixture             pf
                                            16' Double Trumpet      pf
         CHOIR ORGAN                         8' Cornopean           73
      8' Concert Flute       61              8' Flügel Horn         73
      8' Dulciana            61              8' Vox Humana          73
      8' Unda Maris (TC)     49              4' Clarion             pf
      4' Flute               61                 Tremolo
  2 2/3' Nazard              61
      8' Clarinet            61                 PEDAL ORGAN
         Tremolo                            16' Diapason            pf
                                            16' Bourdon             32
                                            16' Echo Bourdon        SW
                                             8' Octave              pf
                                             8' Gedeckt             12
                                             8' Still Gedeckt       SW
                                            16' Double Trumpet      SW pf


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-07-03]


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