Detroit, Michigan

St. Joseph's Episcopal Church


Skinner organ, Op. 623 (1926) in St. Joseph's Episcopal Church (Detroit, MI)
 
St. Joseph's Episcopal Church (Detroit, MI)
 
St. Joseph's Episcopal Church (Detroit, MI)
 
 
 
 
 
Builder:        Skinner Organ Company
   Year:        1926 / 1927
   Opus:        623  / 623-A
   
No. manuals:    4
No. stops:      39
No. ranks:      44
No. pipes:      2,573
 
 
 
                GREAT ORGAN                             SWELL ORGAN
            16' Bourdon             17 PED          16' Bourdon             73
             8' First Diapason      61               8' Diapason            73
             8' Second Diapason     61 *             8' Gedeckt             73
             8' Claribel Flute      73 *             8' Salicional          73
             8' Gedeckt             SW               8' Voix Celeste        73
             8' Flute Celeste       SW               8' Flauto Dolce        73
             4' Octave              61 *             8' Flute Celeste (TC)  61
             4' Flute               SW               4' Octave              73
           III  Mixture            183 *             4' Flute               73
             8' Tromba              61 *            IV  Mixture            244
                                                    16' Waldhorn            73
                CHOIR ORGAN                          8' Cornopean           73
             8' Gamba               73 *             8' Corno d'Amore       73
             8' Concert Flute       73 *             8' Vox Humana          61
             4' Flute               73 *                Tremolo
             2' Piccolo             61 *
             8' Clarinet            73 *                PEDAL ORGAN
                Tremolo                *            16' Major Bass          32
             8' Harp (TC)           -- *            16' Bourdon             32
             4' Celesta             61 bars *       16' Echo Bourdon        SW
                                                     8' Octave              12
                SOLO ORGAN                           8' Gedeckt             12
             8' Cello               73 *             8' Still Gedeckt       SW
             8' Gamba Celeste       73 *            16' Trombone            32
             4' Orchestral Flute    73 *            16' Waldhorn            SW
             8' Tuba                73 *             8' Tromba              12
             8' French Horn         73 *
             8' English Horn        73 *               
                Tremolo                *

             *  Added as Op. 623-A, contract dated 1927.

                COMBINATIONS                            COUPLERS
                Solo         5    (thumb)               Swell to Pedal        8  4
                Swell        6    (thumb)               Great to Pedal        8
                Great        5    (thumb)               Choir to Pedal        8
                Choir        5    (thumb)               Solo to Pedal         8  4
                Pedal        5    (toe)                 Swell to Great    16  8  4
                General Cancel                          Choir to Great    16  8
                Pedal combinations to manual,           Solo to Great     16  8  4
                  on & off: Solo, Swell,                Swell to Choir    16  8  4
                  Great, Choir                          Solo to Choir         8
                                                        Great to Solo         8
                REVERSIBLES                             Swell to Swell    16     4
                Great to Pedal    (thumb & pedal)       Choir to Choir    16     4
                Swell to Pedal    (thumb)               Solo to Solo      16     4
                Choir to Pedal    (thumb)                  
                Swell to Pedal 4' (thumb)               MECHANICALS
                Solo to Pedal 4'  (thumb)               Choir expression pedal
                Swell to Great    (thumb)               Swell expression pedal
                Solo to Great     (thumb)               Solo expression pedal
                Swell to Choir    (thumb)               Crescendo pedal (with dial ind.)
                Sforzando         (thumb & pedal)       Manual 16', on & off
      


Source: The Life and Work of Ernest M. Skinner by Dorothy Holden

Photo Source: Jeff Scofield

Notes: The console was in very good shape, but the music rack had been re-done after a fashion.

There was a large two-manual Möller in the gallery of the lofty gothic nave, but there was no opus number on the console and the staff on hand at the time of the visit didn't seem to know its origin.

The church is now known as St. Matthew's & St. Joseph's Episcopal Church.

Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=23296