Detroit Masonic Temple: Scottish Rite Cathedral / Jack White Theater
500 Temple St.
Detroit, MI
Images
2021-05-12 - Room interior (Photograph by Roman Lizak, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-09-15 - Original 15HP Spencer Orgoblo Blower (Photograph by Brandon Langford/Brandon Langford)
2020-09-15 - 32' Contra Bourdon rank (Photograph by Brandon Langford/Brandon Langford)
2020-09-15 - Lobby console (Photograph by Brandon Langford/Brandon Langford)
2020-09-09 - Solo, Great, and Choir Stop Jamb (Photograph by Brandon Langford/Brandon Langford)
2020-09-09 - Pedal, Swell, and Echo Stop Jamb (Photograph by Brandon Langford/Brandon Langford)
2020-09-09 - Main console in organ loft (Photograph by Brandon Langford/Brandon Langford)
2020-09-09 - Main console (Brandon Langford/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 4 manuals
- 56 stops
- 66 registers
- 6 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
Lobby
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 2 manuals
- 21 stops
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- 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 (Details Unknown)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
Notes
2006-03-06 - 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>Two-manual console in lobby. Extant and unaltered.</i> -Database Manager
2009-11-04 - Updated through online information from John Elwood. -Database Manager
2009-11-04 - Updated through online information from John Elwood. -Database Manager
2019-12-25 - The 1,586-seat Scottish Rite Cathedral was renamed the Jack White Theater in honor of singer-songwriter Jack White, whose donation made it possible for the facility to avoid foreclosure. -Database Manager
Stoplist
From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Detroit, Michigan
Scottish Rite Cathedral
Skinner Organ Company Opus 529 1925 4 manuals, 56 stops, 64 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Double Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 73
8' First Open Diapason 61 8' Open Diapason 73
8' Second Open Diapason 61 8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Flute Harmonic 61 8' Salicional 73
4' Octave 61 8' Voix Celeste 73
4' Harmonic Flute 61 8' Flauto Dolce 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 8' Flute Celeste (TC) 61
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Principal 73
V Mixture 305 4' Flauto Traverso 73
16' Ophicleide (in SO) 73 2' Piccolo 61
8' Trumpet (in SO) 73 V Cornet 305
4' Clarion (in SO) 73 16' Double Trumpet 73
Tremolo 8' Cornopean 73
Chimes SO 8' Oboe 73
8' Vox Humana 73
CHOIR ORGAN 4' Clarion 73
16' Dulciana 73 Tremolo
8' Diapason 73 Chimes
8' Melodia 73
8' Dulciana 73 ECHO ORGAN
8' Unda Maris (TC) 61 8' Chimney Flute 73
4' Waldflöte 73 8' Muted Viole 73
2 2/3' Nazard 61 8' Viole Celeste 73
2' Flageolet 61 4' Lieblichflöte 73
1 3/5' Tierce 61 8' Corno d'Amour 73
8' Clarinet 73 8' Vox Humana 73
Tremolo Tremolo
Harp
Celesta PEDAL ORGAN
Chimes SO 32' Contra Bourdon 32
16' Open Diapason 32
SOLO ORGAN 16' Bourdon 12
8' Grossflöte 73 16' Violone 32
8' Viole d'Orchestre 73 16' Gedeckt SW
8' Viole Celeste 73 16' Dulciana CH
4' Orchestral Flute 73 8' Flute 12
8' Tuba Mirabilis 73 8' Bourdon 12
8' French Horn 73 8' Violoncello 12
8' English Horn 73 32' Bombarde 32
4' Tuba Clarion 73 16' Trombone 12
Tremolo 16' Double Trumpet SW
Chimes 8' Trumpet 12
Gong 4' Clarion 12
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-07-03]
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