Tellers Organ Co.
Opus 625, 1940
Originally Stevens Organ & Piano Co. (1911)
Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church (1911)
Sanctuary
8501 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI, US
5 Physical Divisions
Instrument ID: 9603 ● Builder ID: 6179 ● Location ID: 8853
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Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions50 Stops✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Unknown
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Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Database Manager on April 6th, 2018:
Updated by William M. Worden, who gave this as the source of the information: I was inside the organ with James Hammann before the church was abandoned. When James Hammann and I were in the organ and inspecting the pipework quite some years ago, much of it seemed older than the 1940s and some diapasons, and other ranks very large scale and high cutup, etc. From what we know of the earlier organ in the church, I think it's reasonable to speculate that this Tellers was a rebuild of the organ of 1911. The few stops mentioned in the Detroit Free Press of June 25, 1911 are present in this organ's specification.
Updated by William M. Worden, who gave this as the source of the information: I was inside the organ with James Hammann before the church was abandoned. When James Hammann and I were in the organ and inspecting the pipework quite some years ago, much of it seemed older than the 1940s and some diapasons, and other ranks very large scale and high cutup, etc. From what we know of the earlier organ in the church, I think it's reasonable to speculate that this Tellers was a rebuild of the organ of 1911. The few stops mentioned in the Detroit Free Press of June 25, 1911 are present in this organ's specification.
Database Manager on December 26th, 2014:
Updated through online information from Trevor Paraiso. -- Building has been abandoned since 2005. Console still intact. All pipes have been scrapped and remaining swell box/case frame is severely damaged. Remnants of organ are in danger of being destroyed entirely.
Database Manager on May 2nd, 2009:
Updated through online information from Ray Ahrens. -- Much pipework and console could be salvage/reusable material. Some string stops have a high tin content.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1996.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Identified through information from Ray Ahrens. -- Building has been abandoned.
Webpage Links: Historic Detroit
Related Instrument Entries: Stevens Organ & Piano Co. (1911)
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