St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral: Church
4800 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI
Images
1994-05-19 - Cathedral interior and organ case (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
1994-05-19 - Cathedral interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
1994-05-19 - Console using 1951 Casavant console shell (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2010-02-28 - Nave wall and main organ case (Photograph by Ray Ahrens/Database Manager)
2010-02-28 - Main organ case, closer view (Photograph by Ray Ahrens/Database Manager)
2010-02-28 - Gallery organ case (Photograph by Ray Ahrens/Database Manager)
2010-02-28 - Solo division facade (Photograph by Ray Ahrens/Database Manager)
2010-02-28 - Hooded Trumpet (Photograph by Ray Ahrens/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 4 manuals
- 77 stops
- 62 registers
- 5 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)
- 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
2007-07-26 - Identified through on-line information from Douglas W. Craw. -- Fifteen ranks from the 1923 Austin and 1951 Casavant organs were reused in the Pilzecker after having been rescaled and revoiced. -Database Manager
2008-07-03 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Utilized ornate shell of 1951 Casavant console -Database Manager
2010-12-30 - Updated through on-line information from Charles Kennedy. -- There is one omission from the printed stoplist: The Swell division has a 4' Clairon. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist taken from console 2/28/2010 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Detroit, Michigan
St. Paul Episcopal Cathedral
D.F. Pilzecker & Co. (1992, Opus 123)
Great: Swell: Couplers:
16’ Principal 16’ Bourdon GT/PED
8’ Principal I-II 8’ Diapason SW/PED
Flute Harmonique Bourdon POS/PED
Rohrflote Viole de Gambe BOM/PED
4’ Octave Voix Celeste GAL/PED
Spillflote 4’ Octave
2 2/3’ Nazard Flute Octaviante SW/GT 16’ 8’
2’ Octave 2’ Flageolet POS/GT 16’ 8’
Gemshorn 1’ Sifflute BOM/GT 16’ 8’ 4’
1 3/5’ Tierce Mounted Cornet V SW/POS 16’ 8’
Mixture IV-VI Plein Jeu IV-VI BOM/POS16’ 8’ 4’
Scharf IV 32’ Contre Basson GAL/GT-POS-BOM
16’ Trompete 16’ Basson
8’ Trompete 8' Trompette
4’ Trompete Hautbois
Voix Humaine
4' Clairon
Tremulant
Octaves Graves
Positiv: Bombarde: Gallery Manual:
8’ Principal 8’ Diapason 8’ Open Diapason
Quintadena Flute Harmonique 4’ Principal
Gedeckt Flote Dulciana 2’ Fifteenth
4’ Octave Unda Maris II Mixture IV-V
Waldflote 4’ Octave 8 blank knobs
2 2/3’ Nazard 2’ Octave
2’ Octave Grand Jeu V-VIII
1 3/5’ Tierce 8’ Trumpet Gallery Pedal:
1 1/3’ Larigot Clarinet (SW)
Scharf V-VI Hooded Tuba 7 blank knobs
8’ Trompete Solo Trumpet (GAL)
Cromorne
4’ Schalmei
Tremulant
Octaves Graves Pedal:
32’ Contre Bourdon 32’ Contre Bombarde
16’ Open Wood Contre Basson
Principal Bass 16’ Bombarde
Subbass Basson
Bourdon (SW) Posaune
8’ Octave Bass 8’ Trompette
Open Flute Trompete
Gedeckt Bass Hautbois
Hohlflote 4’ Clarion
4’ Octave
2’ Nachthorn
Mixture VI
[Received on line from Ray Ahrens March 23, 2010.]
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