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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1427 (1965)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
600 North Brady Road
Dearborn, MI

Images

1994-05-20 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-20 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-20 - Console to right (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-20 - Console to left (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2024 - Church interior to rear and organ (David Stultz/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
33 stops
45 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
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

2007-07-28 - Identified through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -- Positif Division added by Casavant in 1984 -Database Manager

2008-07-03 - Updated through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Positif division added by Casavant in 1974; extant. -Database Manager

2019-07-12 - Updated by Noah Husby, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Aeolian-Skinner Archives via Allen Kinzey Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Dearborn, Michigan
First Presbyterian Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1427   1965   3 manuals, 33 stops, 44 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                                 SWELL ORGAN
     16' Quintaton             61                 8' Rohrflöte             68
      8' Prinzipal             61                 8' Viola                 68
      8' Holzbordun            61                 8' Viola Celeste         68
      4' Oktave                61                 8' Flute Celeste II     124
      4' Waldflöte             61                 4' Spitzprinzipal        68
  2 2/3' Quinte                61                 4' Flauto Traverso       68
      2' Klein Prinzipal       61                 2' Octavin               61
  III-V  Mixtur               269             III-V  Plein Jeu            245 
      8' Trompette en Chamade  CH pf             16' Fagotto               68
         Chimes                pf                 8' Trompette             68
                                                  8' Fagotto               12
         CHOIR ORGAN                              4' Clairon               68
      8' Spitzgambe            68                    Tremulant
      8' Gedeckt               68
      8' Dulciana              68                    POSITIV ORGAN (prepared for)
      8' Unda Maris (TC)       56                 8' Nasonflöte
      4' Zauberflöte           68                 4' Koppelflöte
  2 2/3' Nazard                61                 2' Prinzipal
      2' Blockflöte            61             1 1/3' Quinte
  1 3/5' Tierce                61                 1' Flöte
      8' Clarinet              68             III-V  Zimbel
         Tremulant                                   Tremulant
      8' Trompette en Chamade  pf
                                                     PEDAL ORGAN
         ANTIPHONAL (prepared for)               32' Untersatz              5
      8' Gedeckt                                 16' Kontrabass            32
      8' Spitzflöte                              16' Bourdon               32
      8' Flute Celeste                           16' Quintaton             GT
      4' Principal                               16' Dulciana              12 CH
  III-V  Fourniture                               8' Oktave                32
         Tremulant                                8' Singend Gedeckt       32
      8' Trompette en Chamade                     8' Quintaton             GT
                                                  4' Choralbass            12
         ANTIPHONAL PEDAL (pf)                  III  Rauschquinte          96
     16' Gedeckt                                 32' Bombarde              12
      8' Principal                               16' Bombarde              32
                                                 16' Fagotto               SW
                                                  8' Trompette             12
                                                  4' Clairon               12
                                                  4' Krummhorn             CH
                                                     Chimes                GT pf


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-07-08]

Documents

(1965-05-23) Organ dedication bulletin, May 23, 1965 Order of worship and service of dedication of the Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, with specifications -Ian Mason
Documentation, OHS Archives via Roman Lizak -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Opus 1427: First Presbyterian Church (Dearborn, MI) - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives web site) (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#35706 - Casavant Frères Ltée. (1974)