Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2007-09-08 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager
2007-09-17 - Updated through online information from Philip Stimmel. -Database Manager
2007-09-17 - Updated through online information from Philip Stimmel. -Database Manager
2017-05-24 - Information from <i>Pipe Organs of the Rich and Famous</i> by Rollin Smith:<br> Contract: August 1914, for $15,000<br> Installation completed in February 1916<br> Automatic player added to console in January 1917<br> Organ removed ca. 1933; later installed in the chapel of Outer Drive Faith Lutheran Church in Detroit, Michigan -Database Manager
Typed specification Source: From <i>Pipe Organs of the Rich and Famous</i> by Rollin Smith (OHS Press: 2014) Date not recorded
Dearborn, Michigan
Henry Ford Residence ("Fair Lane")
Estey Organ Company Opus 1318 1914 3 manuals, 50 registers, 31 stops, 31 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN (5" wind pressure) SWELL ORGAN (5" wind pressure)
8' Diapason 73 16' Bourdon 73
8' Gross Flute 73 16' Violone 73
8' Melodia 73 8' Diapason (Gt) --
8' Clarabella 73 8' Gross Flute (Gt) --
8' Unda Maris (TC) 61 8' Melodia (Gt) --
8' Gemshorn 73 8' Clarabella (Gt) --
8' Muted Viole 73 8' Unda Maris (Gt) --
8' Muted Celeste (TC) 61 8' Gemshorn (Gt) --
4' Flute Harmonic 73 8' Muted Viole (Gt) --
8' Clarinet 73 8' Muted Celeste (Gt) --
8' Cornopean 73 4' Flute Harmonic (Gt) --
8' Oboe 73 8' Clarinet (Gt) --
8' Tuba 73 8' Cornopean (Gt) --
8' Saxophone (wood) 73 8' Oboe (Gt) --
Tremolo 8' Saxophone (Gt) --
Harp (Sw) -- Tremolo
Marimba (So) -- Harp 49 notes
Orchestral Bells (So) --
Cathedral Chimes (So) -- PEDAL ORGAN
16' Open Diapason (5" wp) 42
SOLO ORGAN (6" wind pressure) 16' Bourdon (wood) (6" wp) 42
8' Tibia 73 16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) --
8' Viol d'Orchestre 73 16' Violone (Sw) --
8' Viol Celeste (TC) 61 8' Bass Flute (fr. OpD) --
8' Viole d'Gamba 73 8' Flauto Dolce (fr. Bdn) --
8' Gamba Celeste (TC) 61 8' Cello (Sw Vln) --
2' Piccolo Harmonic 73 [61?] 8' Tuba (Gt) --
8' Vox Humana (metal) 73
Marimba 49 notes COUPLERS
Orchestral Bells 37 notes Great to Pedal 8
Chimes 25 notes Swell to Pedal 8
Solo/Echo to Pedal 8
ECHO ORGAN (6" wind pressure) Swell to Great 16 8 4
8' Diapason 73 Solo/Echo to Great 16 8 4
8' Stopped Diapason 73 Swell to Solo/Echo 8
8' Salicional 73 Melody on Great
8' Voix Celeste (TC) 61 Melody on Swell
4' Flauto Traverso (wood) 73 Melody on Solo/Echo
8' Vox Humana (wood) 73 Accompaniment on Great
Tremolo Accompaniment on Swell
Accompaniment on Solo/Echo
PISTONS
Great & Pedal 1-2-3-4-5-Release PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell & Pedal 1-2-3-4-5-Release Expression Pedals:
Solo/Echo & Pedal 1-2-3-4-5-Release Great/Swell
General Release Solo/Echo
Crescendo Pedal
116-note Automatic Player Great to Pedal Reversible
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-05-24]
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