2008-01-13 - Building exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2016-09-19 - This is a rebuild of an existing organ. Identified by Stephen Hall, based on information learned from a conversation with Marvin Schurke. This organ was purchased by Gloria Dei Lutheran Church of Olympia, Washington. It was incorporated into their existing organ (Balcom and Vaughan - Opus 526B, 1981) by Michael Gardner, as his Opus 5 beginning in 1993 and completed in 1995. (Source: Marvin Schurke) -Database Manager
2022-05-01 - Originally installed in 1902 as 3-manual 50-stop Hook & Hastings Op. 1957; rebuilt and enlarged in 1922 as Casavant 4/42 Op. 935; rebuild and slight tonal changes in 1935 by Wicks as 4/41 Op. 1336, retaining the Casavant console; new Wicks console in 1961. -Jeff Scofield
2024-12-26 - This building was new in 1922 when Casavant installed that instrument. The Hook & Hastings of 1902 was for an earlier building and obviously did not exist in this building in its original form. Whether Casavant re-used any portion of the Hook & Hastings is unknown to me. -William Worden
Source: From THE DIAPASON November 1935
Detroit, Michigan
Temple Beth-El
Hook & Hastings Op. 1957 1902
Casavant Op. 935 1922 4/42
Wicks Op. 1336 1935 4/41
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GREAT SWELL
16' Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 73
8' 1st Open Diapason 61 8' Open Diapason 73
8' 2nd Open Diapason 61 8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Doppelflöte * 61 8' Salicional 73
8' Viola da Gamba * 61 8' Voix Celeste 61
4' Octave 61 8' Aeoline 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Flute Harmonic 73
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Violin 73
III Mixture 183 III Dolce Cornet 183
8' Trumpet * 61 8' Oboe 73
ECHO CHOIR
8' Gedeckt 73 8' Geigen Principal 73
8' Muted Viol 73 8' Viol d'Amour 73
8' String Celeste 61 8' Melodia 73
8' Orchestral Oboe 73 8' Quintadena 73
8' Vox Humana 73 8' Dulciana 73
Chimes 25 4' Flute d'Amour 73
2' Piccolo 61
PEDAL 8' French Horn 73
32' Resultant -- 8' Clarinet 73
16' 1st Open Diapason 30 Harp Celesta 49
16' 2nd Open Diapason 30
16' Bourdon 30 * enclosed in Choir
16' Dulciana 30
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
8' Octave GT
8' Flute GT
8' Cello GT
8' Dolce 12
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