Pontiac, Michigan

All Saints' Episcopal Church


All Saints' Episcopal Church (Pontiac, MI)
 
All Saints' Episcopal Church (Pontiac, MI)
 
Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 1333 (1958) in All Saints' Episcopal Church (Pontiac, MI)
 
 
 
 
 
Builder:        Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
Contract Year:  1956
Install Year:   1958
Opus:           1333
   
No. manuals:    3
No. stops:      36
No. ranks:      41
No. pipes:      2,209

Specification

             GREAT ORGAN (I)                         SWELL ORGAN (III)
         16' Quintaton           61               8' Bourdon             61
          8' Principal           61               8' Viole de Gambe      61
          8' Rohrflöte           61               8' Viole Celeste       61
          4' Octave              61               4' Spitzflöte          61
          2' Super Octave        61           2 2/3' Nasat               61
      IV-VI  Mixture            282               2' Nachthorn           61
                                              1 3/5' Terz                61
             POSITIV ORGAN (II)                  IV  Plein Jeu          244
          8' Gedeckt             56              16' Krummhorn           61
          8' Dolcan Celeste II  112 (in SW)       8' Trompette           61
          4' Koppelflöte         56               4' Hautbois            61
          4' Octave              56                  Tremulant
      1 1/3' Larigot             56
      III-V  Scharf             214                  PEDAL ORGAN
          8' Krummhorn           SW              16' Principal           32
             Tremulant                           16' Subbass             32
                                                 16' Quintaton           GT
                                                  8' Principal           12
                                                  8' Rohrflöte           GT
                                                  4' Octave              12
                                                  2' Super Octave        12
                                                III  Mixture             96
                                                 16' Posaune             32
                                                  8' Trumpet             12
                                                  8' Krummhorn           SW
                                                  4' Krummhorn           SW


Source: Allen Kinzey

Notes: The original church was a wooden structure built in 1837. Near the end of the century the building burned; it was replaced in 1901 by the existing structure, which is a brick duplicate of the 1837 structure. The ceiling was intended as a inverted replica of Noah's ark. Op. 1333 replaced a 1936 3/34 Frazee. It is installed on the north wall of the chancel, with the Positiv projected and exposed to view. The chancel was remodeled for the installation, which included removal of chancel carpeting and replacement with a tile and slate floor. Phillip Steinhaus, and organ design consultant and for some years on the staff of Aeolian-Skinner, was organist-choirmaster at the time of installation. The January 1959 issue of The Diapasonsays that the "stoplist was drawn up in the summer of 1955 in London, England, by the late G. Donald Harrison and Mr. Steinhaus."
 
The Great is at home on the bottom manual, Positiv on the second and Swell on the third. The organ was later overhauled by John Turnbull and a 32' Resultant was added.

Photo Source: Jeff Scofield

Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=27236