Fort Street Presbyterian Church
631 W. Fort Street
Detroit, MI
Images
2021-02-27 - Church exterior (Photograph by Ziewersphotogaphy.com, via historicaldetroit.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-03-21 - Church exterior (Photograph by Ziewersphotogaphy.com, via historicaldetroit.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-02-17 - Church interior (Photograph by Ziewersphotogaphy.com, via historicaldetroit.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-02-24 - Console and organ case (Photograph by Ziewersphotogaphy.com, via historicaldetroit.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-02-17 - Church interior (Photograph by Ziewersphotogaphy.com, via historicaldetroit.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1994-05-20 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Unknown - Church Exterior (Photograph by Carl R. Taylor (1960s)/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 4 manuals
- 51 stops
- 61 registers
- 5 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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- 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
2012-04-15 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed by Wangerin-Weickhardt in 1915; further work by McManis in 1955, George Price in 1961 and Philip Robertson 1969-1972 -Database Manager
2023-09-13 - The 265-foot tower and steeple is among the tallest such structures in the country. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Detroit, Michigan
Fort Street Presbyterian Church
Möller 1953 Console-only
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GREAT CHOIR
16' Diapason 8' Clarabella
8' First Diapason 8' Flute Celeste
8' Second Diapason 8' Dulciana
8' Doppel Flute 8' Unda Maris
8' Gamba 4' Fugara
8' Dolce 4' Flute d'Amour
4' Octave 2 2/3' Nazard
4' Harmonic Flute 2' Principal
2' Super Octave 1 3/5' Tierce
IV Fourniture III Cymbel
8' Trumpet 8' Krummhorn
Super 8' Oboe
Chimes Tremolo
Cymbelstern Sub
Blank Super
Blank
Blank SOLO
Blank 8' Violoncello
8' Viole Celeste
SWELL 8' Concert Flute
16' Bourdon 4' Hohlfloete
8' Diapason 16' Tuba
8' Stopped Diapason 8' Harmonic Tuba
8' Quintadena 8' Festival Trumpet
8' Salicional 8' French Horn
8' Voix Celeste 4' Clarion
4' Principal Tremolo
4' Flauto Traverso Sub
2' Fifteenth Unison Off
III Plein Jeu Super
16' Fagott
8' Trompette PEDAL
8' Vox Humana 32' Bourdon
4' Clarion 32' Resultant (*)
Tremolo 16' Diapason
Sub 16' Prestant
Unison Off 16' Violone
Super 16' Bourdon
Blank 16' Lieblich Gedeckt
Blank 8' Diapason
Blank 8' Octave
8' Cello
(*) drawknob located 8' Bourdon
with Swell knobs 4' Super Octave
IV Mixture
32' Bombarde
16' Posaune
8' Trumpet
[Received online from Jeff Scofield April 15, 2012]
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