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Schantz Organ Co. Opus 1907 (1988)

Wayne State University: McGregor Auditorium
Detroit, MI

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
44 stops
4 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)
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

2012-05-09 - Identified through online information from Richard Helderop. -- The organ was added to in 1988 by Schantz Organ Co. The stoplist shows what was added. In 2008, when the auditorium was rebuilt and updated, the organ was cleaned. Many of the pipes were coated with a degrading residue from uncovered floor lamps that burned the lids on them. All pipes had to be carefully washed several times to bring back the original luster of the pipe material. The instrument is being prepared for a complete releathering to be done soon. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console 6 May 2012 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Detroit, Michigan
Wayne State University
Community Arts Auditorium

Aeolian-Skinner, Opus 1363, 1958
Additions, Schantz, Opus 1907, 1988

Great Division              Swell Division             Positiv Division              Pedal Division

16'   Quintaton           16'   Flute Couverte      8'    Gemshorn (Schantz)      32'   Subbass (electronic)
8'    Principal           8'    Viola Pomposa       8'    Nason Flute             16'   Contre Bass
8'    Bourdon (Schantz)   8'    Viola Celeste       8'    Flute Celeste II (SW)   16'   Subbass (Schantz)
4'    Octave              8'    Flute a Cheminee    4'    Principal               16'   Quintaton (GR)
4'    Rohrflote           8'    Flute Celeste II    4'    Koppel Flute            16'   Flute Couverte (SW)
2'    Super Octave        4'    Flute Conique       2'    Prinzipal               8'    Octave (C.Bass)
III-IV Mixture            4'    Principal           1-1/3' Larigot                8'    Subbass (Schantz)
8'    Trumpet (Schantz)   2-2/3' Nazard             II    Sesquialtera            4'    Choral Bass
                          2'    Cor De Nuit         III   Zimbel                  III   Mixture
                          1-3/5' Tierce             8'    Cromorne (Schantz)      16'   Posaune (Schantz)
                          III-IV Plein Jeu                Tremulant               8'    Trompete (GR)
Couplers                  16'   Basson                                            4'    Trompete (GR)
                          8'    Trompette
8'    Great to Pedal      8'    Hautbois
8'    Swell to Pedal            Tremulant
8'    Positiv to Pedal    16'   Swell to Swell
4'    Swell to Pedal      8'    Swell to Swell
16'   Swell to Great      4'    Swell to Swell
8'    Swell to Great
4'    Swell to Great
16'   Positiv to Great
8'    Positiv to Great
16'   Swell to Positiv
8'    Swell to Positiv
4'    Swell to Positiv

 [Received from Richard Helderop 2012-05-10.]

Websites

Helderop Pipe Organ - Portfolio - Community Arts Auditorium - Photographs (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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#27227 - Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1363 (1958)