Pipe Organ Database

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A. B. Felgemaker Co. (Opus 1172, 1913)

Location:

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
4305 Military Avenue
Detroit, MI 48210 US
Organ ID: 51530

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is not playable.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on February 08, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Paul R. Marchesano on February 08, 2022:

Some pipework of the Felgemaker was incorporated into the Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling organ: The builders proposed that "The pipes of the old Felgemaker organ would be taken to our shop and worked into the new organ strictly according to the requirements of the new organ. Scales and forms of certain pipes will be altered or changed to fit them to their new functions." Walter Holtkamp signed the contract on behalf of the builders. -- 1995 OHS Handbook

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on February 08, 2022.
Database Manager on March 26, 2018:

Updated by William M. Worden, who gave this as the source of the information: I know the history of the congregation.
The Felgemaker listed here was installed in 1913 in a frame church building dating to 1883. That building was demolished in 1932 to make way for the present church, which houses the Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling Opus 1576. The fate of the Felgemaker is not known.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on June 17, 2013:

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by John Speller, using information found in Felgemaker Opus List, ca. 1920. -- Probably replaced by Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling, Opus 1576, 1932 [Organ ID 5383]

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ case and console, archival photo: Photograph from an archival source: 1995 OHS Handbook, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken approx. unknown