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Hall Organ Co. (1939)

Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist
20011 Grand River Ave.
Detroit, MI

Images

2022-04-15 - Church exterior (Photograph by Pure Word Missionary Baptist Church, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church interior (Photograph from an archival source: The American Organist, August 1939, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Console (Photograph from an archival source: The American Organist, August 1939, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
26 stops
39 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2022-05-14 - The organ received a new Moller console in 1956; the church eventually closed and the buildings now occupied by Pure Word Missionary Baptist Church. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE AMERICAN ORGANIST August 1939

       Detroit, Michigan
       Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist

       Hall   1939   3/26
       ________________________________________________

       GREAT                        SWELL
    8' Diapason         61      16' Bourdon          61
    8' Claribel Flute   61       8' Diapason         73
    8' Quintade         61       8' Gedeckt          73
    8' Gemshorn         61       8' Viola da Gamba   73
    4' Octave           61       8' Viola Celeste    61
    4' Flute            12       8' Aeoline          73
2 2/3' Twelfth          61       4' Fugara           73
    2' Superoctave      61       4' Lieblich Flute   24
    8' Trumpet          61   2 2/3' Nazard            7
       Sub                       2' Flautino          5
       Super                     8' Cornopean        73
       Chimes           21       8' Oboe             73
       Harp             49       8' Vox Humana       61
                                    Tremulant
       CHOIR                        Sub
    8' Diapason Conique 73          Unison Off
    8' Orchestral Flute 73          Super
    8' Dulciana         73
    4' Koppelfloete     73          PEDAL
2 2/3' Quint             7      32' Resultant        --
    2' Fifteenth         5      16' Diapason         32
    8' Clarinet         73      16' Bourdon          32
       Tremulant                16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
       Sub                       8' Octave           32
       Unison Off                8' Principal        12
       Super                     8' Flute            12
       Harp             GT       8' Flauto Dolce     SW
				 4' Principal        12
                                    Chimes           GT

          [Received from Jeff Scofield May 14, 2022]

Documents

Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST August 1939, p.2 Description and stoplist -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST August 1939, p.1 Description of organ -Jeff Scofield

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