First Reformed Church / Allen Temple AME [now New Deliverance International Ministries]: Sanctuary; front
4101 Helen Street
Detroit, MI
Note: Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2023-03-04 - Builder's name (Photograph by Maria Lahti, submitted by Shawn P. Keith/Shawn P. Keith)
2023-03-04 - Original windlines replaced but no other changes apparent (Photograph by Maria Lahti, submitted by Shawn P. Keith/Shawn P. Keith)
2023-03-04 - Current status of the console (bench, pedalboard, and knee panel missing) (Photograph by Maria Lahti, submitted by Shawn P. Keith/Shawn P. Keith)
2023-03-04 - The inner workings of the console showing the intact tubular pneumatic action (Photograph by Maria Lahti, submitted by Shawn P. Keith/Shawn P. Keith)
ca. 2022 - Sanctuary from beneath balcony showing organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: Premiere Church Real Estate Specialists, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 2022 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: Premiere Church Real Estate Specialists, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 2022 - Chancel with organ (Photograph from an archival source: Premiere Church Real Estate Specialists, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 2022 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Premiere Church Real Estate Specialists, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 11 stops
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination trundles
Notes
2023-02-14 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from an article for the dedication of the church in the* Detroit Free Press* on July 8, 1922, *"The organ is of the latest type, with 13 speaking stops, nine couplers, seven combination pistons adjustable at keyboard, and four combination pedals."* -Jim Stettner
2023-02-14 - The congregation had a previous edifice on Catherine Street. The last service on Catherine St. was held on June 29, 1919, and the building was subsequently sold. The present building was dedicated on July 9, 1922 and remained in use by the congregation until 1950 when a new church location was sought, and which was dedicated in 1952. The congregation subseqently disbanded in 1987. -Jim Stettner
2023-03-15 - Updated through online information by Shawn P. Keith. -Jim Stettner
2024-12-28 - Now New Deliverance International Ministries. -William Worden
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