Maranatha Baptist Tabernacle / Dexter Avenue Baptist Church: Sanctuary
13500 Dexter Avenue
Detroit, MI
Note: Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2023-01-12 - Chimes (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2023-01-12 - Pedal Bourdon (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2023-01-12 - Replacement Spencer blower and static reservoir (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2023-01-12 - Swell chest pipe labeling (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2023-01-12 - Great chest, stop labeling (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2023-01-12 - Geigen Principal rank, marked Opus 4485. Possibly added later when blower replaced (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2023-01-12 - Swell pipework (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2023-01-12 - Great pipework (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2023-01-13 - Builder nameplate (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-01-13 - Lower console (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-01-13 - Console (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 2 manuals
- 7 stops
- 14 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
Notes
2009-10-31 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager
2023-01-13 - Church appears in 1923-1924 Detroit City Directory at 2900 East Grand Boulevard. Apparently the church moved [new building?] and acquired this organ in 1926. Console is currently [2023] disconnected and the organ does not play. Pipework and chests appear in unaltered and good condition. [information from visit by Roman Lizak] -Paul R. Marchesano
2023-01-16 - The congregation started out as Marantha Baptist Tabernacle located at 2900 East Grand Boulevard. Sometime in the mid 1920's, the congregation moved to their present location at 13500 Dexter Avenue. There they changed the name to Dexter Boulevard Baptist Church (later Dexter Avenue Baptist). A good guess is that once they moved to the present location, they purchased the organ. -Roman Lizak
2023-02-01 - This instrument was contracted on January 5th, 1926 for $3,500 to be completed on June 15th, 1926 or as soon as possible thereafter. Instrument was formally dedicated on September 12th, 1926
-Roman Lizak
Stoplist
Source: Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives, via Roman Lizak
Detroit, Michigan
Maranatha Baptist Church
Möller Op. 4586 1926 2/7
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GREAT SWELL
8' Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 61
8' Clarabella 61 8' Open Diapason prep
8' Dulciana 61 8' Stopped Diapason 12
8' Doppelflöte prep 8' Salicional 61
8' Viola d'Gamba prep 8' Vox Celeste prep
4' Principal prep 8' Aeoline prep
4' Flute 12 4' Flute d'Amour 12
Sub 4' Violin 12
Super 2' Flautina 12
Chimes prep 8' Oboe 73
8' Vox Humana prep
PEDAL Tremulant
16' Bourdon 32 Sub
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW Unison Off
8' Bass Flute 12 Super
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[Received from Jeff Scofield January 31, 2023]
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