Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 475, 1924

Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church

Sanctuary

8625 E. Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, MI, US

68 Ranks - 4,560 Pipes
Instrument ID: 6619 ● Builder ID: 7374 ● Location ID: 6280
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal60 Stops77 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Sequencer✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)
Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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DETAILS

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Exhibited in the 1995 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on September 19th, 2016:

Updated through online information from Alex Wilson.

Database Manager on May 25th, 2015:

Contract signed in early 1924. Installation, final finishing, and tuning were completed by late March 1926.

Database Manager on May 25th, 2015:

Opening recital was by Palmer Christian, on 8 April 1926.

Database Manager on January 19th, 2006:

Updated through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
New Echo Trumpet installed in 1935, #G-281, with original pipes stored in church; original and unaltered; refurbished by Dorothy and Ken Holden in 1916.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Status Note: There 1995.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Restored 1976 by K & D Organ Service. Historic Organs Recital 19 May 1989. Remote capture combination action.

Webpage Links: Opus 475: Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church

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