Hilborne L. Roosevelt
Opus 334, 1886
Woodward Avenue Baptist Church
2464 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI, US
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CONSOLES
Builder: Hilborne L. Roosevelt
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
3 Manuals 4 Divisions24 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Updated by William M. Worden, who gave this as the source of the information: I know the history of the building.
Database Manager on March 26th, 2018:
Updated by William M. Worden, naming this as the source of information: Detroit Free Press, January 28, 1887: The Detroit Free Press of January 28, 1887 reported on the inaugural recital by Clarence Eddy the evening before. The article includes: "The occasion was the exhibition of the new Roosevelt grand organ..."
Database Manager on August 20th, 2015:
As Op. 1515 in 1936, Casavant added a new console, manual chests and new and replacement pipework; the church closed in 1979 and the buildings were sold to the United House of Jeremiah, who soon vacated the facility. The building burned to a shell on June 23, 1986.
Database Manager on September 9th, 2013:
This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by James R. Stettner, using information from this web site: http://database.organsociety.org/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=46871.
Related Instrument Entries: Casavant Frères Ltée. (Opus 1515, 1936)
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