Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
8625 E. Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, MI
OHS convention: 1995
Images
2019-03-10 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2019-03-10 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2019-03-10 - Console (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1960s)/Database Manager)
2018-10-13 - Sanctuary Interior and Organ Case (Main Organ and Solo Organ) (Photograph by René Troost/Database Manager)
2018-10-13 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case (Photograph by René Troost/Database Manager)
2018-10-12 - Console (Photograph by René Troost/Database Manager)
2018-10-13 - Echo organ (Photograph by René Troost/Database Manager)
Unknown - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Great Pipework (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Swell Chest East (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Swell Chest West (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Flute Triangular ((first extant Skinner example) Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Choir Pipework East (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Choir Pipework West (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Harp (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Choir Pipework (Clarinet and Orchestral Oboe) (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Solo Pipework Upstairs (Gambas, Stentorphone, English Horn and French Horn) (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Solo Pipework (Tuba Mirabilis, Tuba Clarion, Tuba, Ophicleide) (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Stentorphone - Low C - 38 scale (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Echo Location (above the Willet window) (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Echo Pipework (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Echo Pipework (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - 32' Bombarde Boots C and C# (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Bombarde Pipework (8' and 4' Extension) (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Spencer Blower (15 HP, 3-stage) (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Console (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Facades (Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Case Carving Detail ((under "impost") Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Solo Pipe Facade ((center flat is the Pedal Violone) Photograph by Stephen Warner (2003)/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 60 stops
- 77 registers
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- Has sequencer
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Blowers
See more information about organ blowers on Pipe Organ Database.
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1995. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Restored 1976 by K & D Organ Service. Historic Organs Recital 19 May 1989. Remote capture combination action. -Database Manager
2006-01-19 - Updated through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i>New Echo Trumpet installed in 1935, #G-281, with original pipes stored in church; original and unaltered; refurbished by Dorothy and Ken Holden in 1916.</i> -Database Manager
2015-05-25 - Contract signed in early 1924. Installation, final finishing, and tuning were completed by late March 1926. -Database Manager
2015-05-25 - Opening recital was by Palmer Christian, on 8 April 1926. -Database Manager
2016-09-19 - Updated through online information from Alex Wilson. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Specification from <i>The Life and Work of Ernest M. Skinner</i> by Dorothy Holden (OHS: 1987) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Detroit, Michigan
Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church
Skinner Organ Company Opus 475 1924 4 manuals, 60 stops, 68 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Diapason 73 16' Bourdon 73
8' First Diapason 61 8' First Diapason 73
8' Second Diapason 61 8' Second Diapason 73
8' Claribel Flute 73 8' Clarabella 73
8' Erzähler 73 8' Gedeckt 73
4' Octave 73 8' Gamba 73
4' Flute 73 8' Voix Celeste II 146
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 8' Flauto Dolce 73
2' Fifteenth 61 8' Flute Celeste (TC) 61
16' Ophicleide SO 8' Aeoline 73
8' Tromba 73 8' Unda Maris (TC) 61
8' Tuba SO 4' Octave 73
4' Clarion 73 4' Flute Triangulaire 73
4' Tuba Clarion SO 4' Unda Maris II 122
Chimes EC 2' Flautino 61
V Mixture 305
CHOIR ORGAN 16' Posaune 73
16' Gamba 61 8' Cornopean 73
8' Diapason 61 8' Flügel Horn 73
8' Concert Flute 61 8' Vox Humana 73
8' Kleine Erzähler II 110 4' Clarion 73
4' Flute 61 Tremolo
2 2/3' Nazard 61
2' Piccolo 61 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Clarinet 61 16' Diapason 32
8' Orchestral Oboe 61 16' Diapason GT
Tremolo 16' Violone 32
8' Harp (TC) -- 16' Bourdon 32
4' Celesta 61 bars 16' Gamba CH
16' Echo Lieblich SW
SOLO ORGAN 8' Octave 12
8' Stentorphone 73 8' Gedeckt 12
8' Gamba 73 8' Cello 12
8' Gamba Celeste 73 8' Still Flute SW
16' Ophicleide 73 4' Super Octave 12
8' Tuba Mirabilis 73 4' Flute 12
8' Tuba 73 2' Piccolo 12
8' French Horn 73 32' Bombarde 32
8' English Horn 73 16' Trombone 12
4' Tuba Clarion 73 16' Posaune SW
Tremolo 8' Tromba 12
4' Clarion 12
ECHO ORGAN Chimes EC
8' Diapason 61
8' Chimney Flute 61 COUPLERS
8' Voix Celeste II 122 Swell to Pedal 8 4
4' Flute 61 Great to Pedal 8
8' Tromba 61 Choir to Pedal 8 4
8' Vox Humana 61 Solo to Pedal 8 4
Tremolo Swell to Great 16 8 4
Chimes 25 tubes Choir to Great 16 8 4
Solo to Great 16 8 4
COMBINATIONS Swell to Choir 8 4
Solo & Echo 8 (thumb) Solo to Choir 8
Swell 8 (thumb) Swell to Solo 8
Great 6 (thumb) Great to Solo 8
Choir 6 (thumb) Great to Great 4
Pedal 6 (toe) Swell to Swell 16 4
General 6 (thumb) Choir to Choir 16 4
General Cancel Solo to Solo 16 4
Pedal combinations to manual,
on & off: Swell, Great, REVERSIBLES
Choir, Solo & Echo Great to Pedal (thumb & pedal)
Swell to Pedal (thumb)
MECHANICALS Choir to Pedal (thumb)
Choir expression pedal Sforzando (thumb & pedal)
Swell expression pedal
Solo & Echo expression pedal
Crescendo pedal (with light indicator)
Octave Coupler Off (manual piston)
All Swells to Swell (hitchdown pedal)
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-05-25]
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