Fort Street Presbyterian Church
631 W. Fort Street
Detroit, MI
Images
Unknown - Console (Photograph by From THE DIAPASON May 1915, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1915-03-21 - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Company; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)
1915-03-21 - Organ Case (Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Company; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)
1915-03-21 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case (Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Company; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- 4 manuals
- 61 stops
- 64 registers
- 5 divisions
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Has crescendo
- 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
2007-07-26 - Identified through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -- The Organ contains a small portion of the original instrument built by George Stevens in 1855 when the church was erected. The Wangerin-Weickhardt organ was installed in 1914 after a devastating fire almost destroyed the church. The instrument has been updated periodically with a new 4 manual console by Moller in 1953 and pipework additions and voicing by Charles McMannis in 1955. Further additions took place in the 1960s & 1970s. A major renovation with further additions took place in the early 1990s. -Database Manager
2008-07-03 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Work after McManis: George Price, 1961; Philip Robertson, 1969-1972 -Database Manager
2018-02-27 - Updated by William M. Worden, who has heard or played the organ. William M. Worden also named this publication as a source of information: Detroit Free Press, June 5 and June 7, 1877.<br>
Fort Street Presbyterian burned to a shell in 1876. It then had a less serious fire in 1914 that left the Odell cases intact but did serious damage to the building (other damage to the Odell is unknown), after which the Wangerin-Weickhardt was installed. Although information in this entry states that some part of the original Stevens organ survived in the Wangerin-Weickhardt, photos of the burned-out church in 1876 suggest that this is not possible. Elements of the 1877 Odell, however, were apparently retained and remain in the organ today. The two Gothic-arched flats on either side of the case are from the Odell, while the center flat with its shallow concave downward curve was added by Wangerin-Weickhardt; it seems that the Odell was in divided cases and the console was attached to the side of one of the cases, but this is oral history. The older pipework thought to be Stevens is likely Odell. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: From THE DIAPASON May 1915
Detroit, Michigan
Fort Street Presbyterian Church
Wangerin-Weickhardt 1914 4/60
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GREAT CHOIR
16' Dbl Open Diapason 8' Violin Diapason
8' 1st Open Diapason 8' Clarabella
8' 2nd Open Diapason 8' Keraulophon
8' Doppelfloete 8' Dulciana
8' Gamba 8' Unda Maris
8' Melodia 4' Flute d'Amour
8' Dolce 8' Clarinet
4' Octave 8' Cor Anglais
4' Harmonic Flute Tremulant
2' Super Octave
III Mixture SOLO
8' Trumpet 8' Open Diapason
Chimes 8' Violoncello
8' Concert Flute
SWELL 4' Hohlfloete
16' Bourdon 16' Tuba Major
8' Open Diapason 8' Tuba
8' Stopped Diapason 4' Clarion
8' Viol d'Orchestre Harp
8' Salicional
8' Vox Celeste PEDAL
8' Quintadena 32' Diapason Profunda
4' Violina 16' Open Diapason
4' Flauto Traverso 16' Bourdon
III Dolce Cornet 16' Violone
8' Cornopean 16' Lieblich Gedeckt
8' Oboe 8' Grossfloete
8' Vox Humana 8' Cello
Tremulant 16' Tuba Major
8' Tuba
4' Clarion
[Received from Jeff Scofield August 22, 2023]
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