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Gottlieb F. Votteler (1874)

OHS convention: 1995

Images

2013-04-13 - Casework (Photograph by John Deppe/Database Manager)

2013-04-13 - Church Interior and Organ Case (Photograph by John Deppe/Database Manager)

2013-04-13 - Pump Handle (Photograph by John Deppe/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 2 manuals
• 20 stops
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
• Manual compass: 56 notes
• Pedal compass: 27 notes
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
• Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1995 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Was St. John's Evangelical (& Reformed). In forward gallery. Altered by A. Moeller's Sons c. 1905, 2-21. Repairs by William Worden in 1970's. Further Repairs by David Wigton c. 1984. -Database Manager

2009-03-23 - Updated through on-line information from Ray Ahrens. -- Restored in 1983 according to plaque on organ. -Database Manager

2013-06-24 - Updated through online information from John Deppe. -- The space that the organ is in seats 1400 people, and the organ has an impressive but not overpowering sound. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

St. John's Reformed Church, Detroit, Michigan
1874 G. F. Votteler
(Stoplist: David Schnute from T 14:3:4, revised)

GREAT (56 notes)
16' Bourdon (TC) (44w)
8' Open Diapason (56m)
8' Flute (56w)
8' Gamba (56w&m)
8' Dulciana (56w&m; moved from Sw. c. 1905 replacing a Quintaton 8')
4' Principal (56m)
4' Rohrflute (56w&m)
2' Octave (56m)
IV Mixture (17-19-22-26) (168m)
8' Trumpet (56m; replaced original trumpet c. 1905)

SWELL (56 notes)
8' Geigen Principal (56w&m)
8' Stopd Diap. Bass (12w)
8' Stopped Diapason Treble (tc, 44w)
8' Quintation (56w&m)
8' Aeolian (replaced a tc Dulciana 8' c. 1905; replaced by 2' Piccolo c. 1980)
4' Gamba (56m)
8' Oboe & Bassoon (56m) (replaced a 2' c. 1905)

PEDAL
16' Bourdon Bass (added c. 1905) (27w)
16' Sub Bass (27w)
8' Violin (27w)

COUPLERS
Cop. Pedal to Sw. (added c. 1905)
Pedal Coupler (Gt. to Ped.)
Manual Coupler (Sw. to Gt)

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
2 unlabeled, single-acting pedals: Gt. Piano; Gt. Forte
Great to Pedal reversible
Balanced Swell pedal
/ds/

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