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D.F. Pilzecker & Co. (2000)

St. John's Episcopal Church
50 E. Fisher Freeway
Detroit, MI

Images

2021-10-28 - 5 horsepower Spencer Orgoblo (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2021-10-28 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2021-10-28 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by Roman Lizak /Roman Lizak)

2021-10-28 - Console (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2021-10-28 - Facade (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
4 manuals
47 stops
41 registers
4 divisions
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2006-05-30 - Updated through online information from Charles Kennedy. -- Organ rebuiilt as Casavant Opus 1550, 1937; rebuilt by Casavant in 1965; major tonal work, D. F. Pilzecker and Co., 1988; console rebuild and additional tonal work, D. F. Pilzecker and Co., 2000. Presently three manual divisions (Great, Swell, Solo) with Positiv and Gallery prepared for; fourth manual presently serves as a coupling manual. -Database Manager

2009-09-25 - Updated through online information from Ray Ahrens. -Database Manager

2009-11-04 - Updated through online information from Charles Kennedy. -Database Manager

2010-06-20 - Updated through online information from Charles Kennedy. -Database Manager

2015-11-01 - Updated through online information from William Worden. -Database Manager

Stoplist

info provided by C. Kennedy at local OHS meeting Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Detroit, Michigan
St. John's Episcopal Church

Hutchings-Votey 1904
Casavant 1937/1965
D.F. Pilzecker 1988/2000

   Great:                       Swell:

   16' Quintaton                16' Bourdon
    8' Open Diapason             8' Open Diapason
       Stopped Diapason             Stopped Diapason
    4' Principal                    Salicional
       Wald Flute                   Voix Celest (tc)
2 2/3' Twelfth                   4' Principal
    2' Fifteenth                    Flauto Traverso
1 3/5' Seventeenth               2' Flautino
       Mixture IV                1' Sifflut
    8' Trumpet                      Plein Jeu IV-VI
       Great 16'                    Mounted Cornet IV (tc)
       Unison Off               16' Fagotto
                                 8' Trompette Harmonique
                                    Oboe
                                    Vox Humana
                                 4' Clarion Harmonique
                                    Tremulant
                                    Swell 16' Unison Off 4'

   Solo (former Choir):         Pedal:

    8' Open Diapason            32' Contra Bourdon (resultant)
       Stopped Diapason         16' Open Diapason
       Dulciana                     Bourdon
       Unda Maris (tc)              Quintaton (Great)
    4' Fugara                       Bourdon (Swell)
       Open Flute                8' Octave Bass
2 2/3' Nazard                       Stopped Flute
    2' Harmonic Piccolo             Still Gedeckt (Swell)
    8' Clarinet                  4' Octave
       Tremulant                    Mixture V
       Solo 16' Unison Off 4'   16' Trombone
                                 8' Trombone (ext)
                                 4' Clarion

Positiv (prepared)               Great/Swell/Solo/Positiv to Pedal 8'
Gallery (prepared)               Swell/Solo to Pedal 4'
                                 Swell/Solo to Great 16' 8' 4'
                                 Positiv to Great 16' 8'
                                 Swell to Solo 16' 8' 4'
                                 Positiv/Solo to Swell 8'
                                 Solo to Positiv 8'
                                 Positiv to Solo 8'
                                 Great/Swell/Solo to Positiv 8'
                                 Solo/Positiv Transfer

Future plans call for a rebuilding with new slider chests, the addition of a 
large and complete Positiv, a Great Diapason chorus based on 16', Reeds 16' 8' 
4' and more foundation stops on the Great, adding a Tuba 8' to the Solo, and a 
16' Open Wood and a true 32' Bourdon to the Pedal.  128 levels of memory 
available to general pistons, 8 levels to divisional pistons.

[Received on line from Ray Ahrens September 25, 2009. Revised Charles Kennedy, November3, 2009.]

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