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Ernest M. Skinner Company Opus 232 (1915)

Church of Our Father, Universalist / First Unitarian-Universalist Church
4605 Cass Avenue
Detroit, MI

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1994-05-19 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-19 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

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2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2000. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - "Church was originally named Church of Our Father, Universalist. Organ dedicated 26-27 Aug 1916. This organ replaced a 3m, Austin Op. 43 [Kinzey-Lawn shows the year as 1892, but Austin was founded 1899.]." -Database Manager

2005-12-22 - 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>Replaced 1892 three manual Austin, #43; dedicated August 26-27, 1916; extant; unaltered.</i> -Database Manager

2008-07-04 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2009-10-12 - Updated through online information from Ray Ahrens. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Detroit, Michigan
Church of Our Father, Universalist

The Ernest M. Skinner Company   Opus 232   1915   4 manuals, 47 stops, 51 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN (6" wind)                     SWELL ORGAN (7 1/2" wind)
     16' Bourdon              17 PED           16' Bourdon              61 
      8' 1st Diapason         61               16' Dulciana             61
      8' 2nd Diapason         61                8' Diapason             61
      8' Philomela            29 PED            8' Gedeckt              61
      8' Waldflöte            61                8' Salicional           61
      8' Erzähler             61                8' Voix Celeste         61
      8' Gedeckt              SW                8' Spitzflöte           61
      8' Aeoline              SW                8' Flute Celeste (TC)   49
      4' Flute                SW                8' Aeoline              61
      8' Tuba (Cornopean)     SW                8' Unda Maris (TC)      49
                                                4' Octave               61
         CHOIR ORGAN (6" wind)                  4' Flute                61
      8' Diapason             61                2' Flautino             61
      8' Concert Flute        61              III  Solo Mixture        183
      8' Dulciana             61                     (12-15-17)
      8' Kleine Erzähler II  110               16' Contra Posaune       61
      4' Flute                61                8' Cornopean            61
     16' Fagotto              61                8' Flugel Horn          61
      8' Clarinet             SO                8' Vox Humana           61
      8' Orchestral Oboe      SO                   Tremolo
         Tremolo
      8' Harp Sub (TC)        --                   PEDAL ORGAN
      4' Harp                 61 bars          32' Diapason (resultant) --
                                               16' Diapason             32
         SOLO (10") & ECHO (7 1/2")            16' Violone              32
      8' Philomela      PED & GT               16' Bourdon              32
      8' Gamba                61               16' Dulciana             SW
      8' Gamba Celeste        61               16' Lieblich Gedeckt     SW
      8' English Horn         61                8' Octave               12
      8' French Horn          61                8' Gedeckt              12
      8' Clarinet             61                8' Cello                12
      8' Orchestral Oboe      61               32' Bombarde (20")       12
         Tremolo                               16' Contra Posaune       SW
         Harp                 CH               16' Fagotto              CH
      8' Tuba Mirabilis (20") 61                8' Tromba (Posaune)     SW
      8' Diapason             61
      8' Concert Flute        61
      8' Viol d'Orchestre     61
      8' Cor de Nuit          61
      8' Quintadena           61
      8' Vox Angelica II     110
      4' Flute                61
      8' Flugel Horn          61
      8' Vox Humana           61
         Cathedral Chimes     25 tubes


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2014-05-10]


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