North Woodward Congregational Church / St. John C.M.E. Church: Sanctuary
8715 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI
Note: Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2018 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2009-12-08 - Church exterior (Photograph by waymarketing.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2008-02-15 - Church exterior (Photograph by Andrew Jameson, via Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-01-17 - Choir chamber pipework (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-01-17 - Vox chamber pipework (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-01-17 - Swell chamber pipework (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-01-17 - Great chamber pipework (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-01-17 - Builder nameplate (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-01-17 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-01-17 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-01-17 - Console (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-01-17 - Chancel and chamber grillework (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 4 manuals
- 49 stops
- 67 registers
- 7 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 (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2010-01-29 - Identified through online information from Ray Ahrens. -- Listed on Möller's published list of 5200 organs as being in Woodward Ave. Congregational, Detroit. -Database Manager
2013-01-25 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The contract was for rebuilding, tonal changes and new console for the existing organ; building sold to St. John's Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in 1953. -Database Manager
2015-11-29 - This entry describes alterations to an existing organ. Identified by Shawn P. Keith, based on personal knowledge of the organ. The console for this organ came into the inventory of S.P. Keith & Associates, LLC in October 2015, having been in storage at Norris Organ Company for roughly ten years. It included a nameplate indicating the console had been rebuilt in 1993. It appears the extent of the console rebuilding was to replace the original drawknobs, probably due to "Moller Plastic Disease". The disposition of the remainder of the organ is unknown. -Database Manager
2015-11-29 - Updated through online information from Shawn P. Keith. -- In October 2015 the vintage 1953 console came into possession of S.P. Keith & Associates, LLC, having been in storage at Norris Organ Company for approximately ten years. It included a nameplate indicating the console had been rebuilt by Norris in 1993. The rebuilding appears to have been no greater than the replacement of drawknob stems, probably due to "Moller Plastic Disease". The disposition of the rest of the organ is unknown. -Database Manager
2018-03-26 - Updated by William M. Worden, who has heard or played the organ. Additionally, William M. Worden listed this website as a source of information: http://www.savetheorgan.org/kbase/opus_lists/moller_opus. In addition William M. Worden gave this as a source of information: I wrote the designation papers for the building to be declared historic. -Database Manager
2023-01-17 - Visited the location today. The organ has not been playable in over 50 years and it is in very bad shape -Roman Lizak
2023-01-18 - This instrument is essentially a rebuild of a prior instrument. The instrument was Opus 1156 from 1911. Möller rebuilt the instrument in its present configuration in 1925. Möller had planned to add about 19 new ranks in order to have a Solo Division, an Echo Division, as well as a few other ranks in each division. Those additional divisions and ranks were never installed. The instrument still contains all the original pipe work from the original instrument. -Roman Lizak
Stoplist
Received online from Jeff Scofield January 26, 2013 Source: Copied from existing deprecated stoplist; verified wth console photos
Choir Open Diapason 8 (New), Melodia 8, Geigen Principal 8, Dulciana 8, Unda Maris 8 (New), Flute d'Amour 4, Piccolo Harmonic 2, French Horn 8 (New), Clarinet 8, Celeste Harp, Tremulant
Solo (All New) Stentorphone 8 (New), Gross Flute 8 (New), Gross Gamba 8 (New), Gamba Celeste [tc] 8 (New), Flute 4 (New), Ophicleide 16 (New), Tuba 8 (New), Clarion 4 (New), Tremulant
Pedal Open Diapason 32 (Resultant), Contra Bourdon 32 (New), First Double Open Diap. 16 (New), Second Open Diapason 16 (2 new pipes), Violone 16, Bourdon 16 (2 new pipes), Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) 16, Echo Bourdon 16, Octave 8 (New), Bass Flute 8, Cello 8, Ophicleide 16, Posaune 16, Tuba Mirabilis 8, Chimes
Great (Expressive with Choir) Open Diapason 16, Bourdon 16 (New), First Open Diapason 8 (New), Second Open Diapason 8, Philomela 8 (New), Viole d'Gamba 8, Doppel Floete 8, Stopped Flute 8 (New), Octave 4, Dolce 8, Flauto Traverso 4, Flute d'Amour 4 (New), Twelfth 2 2/3 (New), Flautina 2 (New), Tiercena 1 3/5 (New. 57 notes.), Tuba 8, Tremulant, Chimes, Celeste Harp
Swell Bourdon 16, First Open Diapason 8 (New), Second Open Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Viole d'Orchestre 8, Vox Celeste [tc] 8, Aeoline 8, Fugara 4, Flute Harmonic 4, Flautina 2, Posaune 16 (New), Cornopean 8, Oboe 8, Vox Humana 8, Tremulant
Echo (Playable on Solo. Entirely New.) Echo Salicional 8 (New), Echo Flute 8 (New), Viole Celeste [tc] 8 (New), Flute 4 (New), Vox Angelica [tc] 8 (New), Vox Humana 8 (New), Tremulant, Chimes (New)
Echo Pedal Pedal Bourdon 16 (New)
Solo to Pedal 8 (Solo to Pedal), Solo to Pedal 4, Swell to Pedal 4, Choir to Pedal 8 (Choir to Pedal), Swell to Pedal 8 (Swell to Pedal), Choir to Pedal 4, Great to Pedal 8 (Great to Pedal), Great to Great 16, Great to Great 4, Solo to Great 8 (Solo to Great), Great to Great 8 (Great Unison On / Off) (pistons in right keycheek), Solo to Great 16, Solo to Great 4, Swell to Great 16, Swell to Great 4, Swell to Great 8 (Swell to Great), Choir to Great 16, Choir to Great 8 (Choir to Great), Solo to Solo 16, Solo to Solo 8 (Solo Unison On / Off) (pistons atop right keycheek), Choir to Great 4, Solo to Solo 4, Swell to Solo 8 (Swell to Solo), Swell to Swell 16, Swell to Swell 8 (Swell Unison On / Off) (pistons atop right keycheek), Swell to Swell 4, Choir to Choir 16, Solo to Swell 8 (Solo to Swell), Choir to Choir 8 (Choir Unison On / Off) (Pistons atop right keycheek), Solo to Choir 4, Solo to Choir 16, Choir to Choir 4, Solo to Choir 8 (Solo to Choir), Swell to Choir 8 (Swell to Choir), Swell to Choir 16, Swell to Choir 4, Echo to Solo 8 (Echo On Solo Off)
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