https://www.jgrangerpipeorgans.com/home daily 1.0 2024-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504815845234-9T8LEZRY57567E3IKL59/AIO-logo-322x69.png J Granger Pipe Organs Home Member of the American Institute of Organbuilders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1502600664221-9G8TXO50439OAFKUNRKD/IMG_6088.JPG J Granger Pipe Organs Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1706139885280-UY1W3LIZJ31ETC06YNE7/image-asset.jpeg J Granger Pipe Organs Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1706140029852-NGEN8A4AWUHQ4WQKIU6V/20230320_145923.jpg J Granger Pipe Organs Home https://www.jgrangerpipeorgans.com/services daily 0.75 2019-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1518486562044-HUKLXDO9JNNGR6CGQJT6/IMG_0854.JPG Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1518488691549-L4OW4W643RVFY88E87BJ/IMG_1210.JPG Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504661852651-CCZDCR7HGXJAJYTQYYXD/IMG_7028.JPG Services Two reservoirs from the great E. M. Skinner organ at the Detroit Masonic Temple, with an unrestored unit next to one we recently completed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503948173472-BRE01H7U3D81ZCMCSD1K/IMG_1186.JPG Services Restoring a previous restoration of a 1926 E. M. Skinner reservoir for the historic Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503948367380-HKT8N12WYQL47E0W95HB/Winker+Before Services A Wurlitzer Winker regulator before restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1518485858867-DJLGGR7XFV7ZMQMRKS5F/IMG_0727.JPG Services A Very rare E. M. Skinner wedge bellows from Opus 266, circa 1916 before and after restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503948505290-VCU6A4F90L3TPMB1F3ED/Aeolian+Swell+After Services The same Aeolian Swell Engine nearing completion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1518488236580-SIDWNZJXF73I0L4WCTZW/IMG_1207.JPG Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503948555908-WIS48ILQ0GLNQETZPYBI/image-asset.jpeg Services A 1911 E. M. Skinner static reservoir before restoration for a church in Bay City, Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503948313585-Y0TUFTAKWTR2UZK5VMV5/IMG_5930.JPG Services Two Wurlitzer Primary valve boxes, showing a restored unit next to an original. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504661362566-9QRWJM7MZV0LJRUPINF5/IMG_1913.JPG Services A neglected Wurlitzer reservoir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503948596837-QXF64PDZGFP7ROKY25DV/IMG_1804.JPG Services The same 1911 Skinner reservoir completed and ready for installation in Bay City, Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503948462701-OBXU1YPNRRWLJ2RMURID/Aeolian+Swell+Before Services a 1920's Swell Engine from an Aeolian Residence organ in Detroit before restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503948406984-LJ3YS3JA30FHG8T7YG8L/Winker+finished Services The restored winker, with a new bottom fabricated as the original had seen water damage and warped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504659886981-WFXOZ48YVOL58781WIJ1/IMG_2580.JPG Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503948752131-QIXN3HWSEIZDRK7ZM2Z3/IMG_0054.JPG Services A Wurlitzer Air Control Board and valve bed before restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503948806560-F1C8H13YOYKLEPGSDH9O/image-asset.jpeg Services The restored Wurlitzer Air Control Board with the restored reservoir for a client in Fort Wayne, Indiana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504661513701-THABDLZPMZ27DHSWYF13/IMG_0305.JPG Services The same reservoir, restored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504098477287-JZXS2JLLX9WIOBT7EGEZ/14088463_1207650409257138_8871620288569637505_n.jpg Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504101559905-6S5APYP04S0NYF63CU3R/IMG_7049.JPG Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504097385402-1IKO6ZSVNSR3MKCWTDMV/IMG_7028.JPG Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504638846981-VO0LORCCXR4Z10HXU16E/IMG_7164.JPG Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504098456418-LU5D2Z1TWHOOBLYUB24I/IMG_7021.JPG Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504098534583-LSTEVZ2MI3OKKDF4QKOM/IMG_1220.JPG Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1557680766138-VH72EBGSSMR1JLG8412E/IMG_1386.jpg Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503932709470-9KPTZWQCM9SEVAVDWEJ0/IMG_7019.JPG Services Upgrading a Casavant organ from 8 levels of memory to 64. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503932837214-B34KD8VQS8MI6VLCM32B/IMG_7021.JPG Services The new control panel installed. Upgrading from an older system with 8 levels of memory to 64 levels greatly increases the capability of the instrument especially for churches with multiple organists. It allows each musician to save and store their personal settings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504021347225-F85DP8BMYZ9F7GJHB7ME/Peterson Services Installing a new Peterson relay to replace the original after this 1970 Moller was enlarged and expaneded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504102984896-9W3RGDHF2EDMRFLLIBCP/119.JPG Services The new 4 manual Skinner Style console we speced and designed for Scott Smith Pipe Organs Opus 3 in Saginaw, Michigan, outfitted with a new Peterson ICS-4000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503931871754-V57X80LJFZBP4X4TUD7U/IMG_1191.JPG Services The 2002 Nichols & Simpson organ at St. Augistine Cathedral in Kalamazoo that is under our care https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503931811319-40E5QQK3039MEE2K7186/IMG_7328.JPG Services Tuning a high pressure French Horn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504037122717-C1HAQLI1Z09MN0A9H9UI/10399276_49825530390_5373_n.jpg Services Assisting Scott Smith Pipe Organs in the addition of a new Trompette En Chamade in Kalamazoo, Michigan to a 1965 Casavant organ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503934974289-ATPYFOLPH08FYBJX0EKB/14088463_1207650409257138_8871620288569637505_n.jpg Services Adding 8' basses to an existing 4' rank to give a small Moller organ an extra stop and more foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504103260261-ZOI6LEJ1N7FV27I0VYQS/IMG_7049.JPG Services Sealing off a pipe chamber and wrapping and tarping pipes to protect the organ from construction dust during a sanctuary renovation project. Keeping dust and particles out of a pipe organ during these kinds of projects is imperative to keep a pipe organ functioning without ciphers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503935110787-4JVDV56LXT1AI4YUY9J1/IMG_5765.JPG Services Adjusting valves on a reservoir on the historic Barton Organ at the State Theater in Saginaw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504104972563-4B18QT25KZQGHMSARO3A/IMG_2596.JPG Services Making some on site repairs to the historic Moller organ in the lobby of the Detroit Fox Theater https://www.jgrangerpipeorgans.com/project-gallery-page daily 0.75 2018-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504021558988-4BI6FOCSDJHVMESG3G1U/IMG_1053.JPG Project Gallery Page Restoring an E. M. Skinner reservoir and replacing the dump valve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504021647060-N54XGPUT985M5H7TZ1MA/IMG_0467.JPG Project Gallery Page A restored Wurlitzer Air Control Board and Reservoir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504021782202-8RFDQJJHLAY0T99GUFZC/IMG_0340.JPG Project Gallery Page Helping out at the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall Organ shop on the restoration of the world's largest pipe organ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504021857482-MUT99VLA4300D5RC60E1/20130510_145829.jpg Project Gallery Page Recreating a toe board with bleed channels for an E. M. Skinner Corno di Bassetto to replace the original that was discarded in a previous rebuild to return the organ to its original sepcification. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504021871411-X30NI8YYBZGXHVYGN025/IMG950938.jpg Project Gallery Page standing with Fred Swan at the dedication of Scott Smith Pipe Organs Opus 3 in Saginaw, Michigan in which we did all the reservoirs and assited in the building of this instrument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504021892230-PJSTWZFBBFY0260AS3Q4/IMG_3706.JPG Project Gallery Page Restored Wurlitzer chest with new valve guides, wiring, and ready for delivery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504022022726-S1867J4KB02KQ56G5M9Z/20140725_110958.jpg Project Gallery Page Assisting Scott Smith in hanging new facade pipes for his Opus 3 in Saginaw, Michigan. The originals were lost in a 1970's fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504022111990-8W90EEAHVZE3EM72TPU7/20130603_160405.jpg Project Gallery Page Recreating a toe board and period correct racking for an E. M. Skinner Corno di Bassetto to replace the original that was discarded in a previous rebuild to return the organ to its original sepcification. We used extant examples to recreate the racking using original dimensions of all lumber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504022197081-VI5KGIZKPR811Q2XV7FV/IMG_5930.JPG Project Gallery Page A restored and unrestored Wurlitzer primary for a Bourdon offset chest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504022256961-G1CXI5WYGRQKTUB2ZWQA/IMG_5115.JPG Project Gallery Page Restored and original Aeolian pneumatic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504022476544-JHB3N5WHPMSRVPRD45US/IMG_5866.JPG Project Gallery Page making final adjustments on a newly restored Barton reservoir for the Temple Theater in Saginaw, Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504022627631-6Z1K0C602J2ZBPR6L4SA/IMG_0310.JPG Project Gallery Page A newly restored 4 rank Wurlitzer chest with new pallet, leather, blow strips and gaskets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504022675764-PGAZM3MU6KNF9FYR77ON/IMG_2662.JPG Project Gallery Page Instead of altering an existing flute chest, we created these toe reducer boards to allow the chest to accomidate a much smaller string rank. This board is gasketed and screwed, not glued, to the old toe board to allow the chest to be returned to its original state if desired at a later date. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504022698094-FWPVNCPX2VB0C8V8IM2F/IMG_8122.JPG Project Gallery Page Interior of a newly restored Wurlitzer chest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504022718827-0ZQD13T6O0YHN8TON45B/IMG_4615.JPG Project Gallery Page A 12 note Spitz Principal offset that will be added to a small Moller organ that currently only has a 4' principal. This extension will add a much needed 8' stop to the organ and add foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504022767919-15I9BYZBR6KQOZ8Z2UEQ/IMG_6367.JPG Project Gallery Page A restored Wurlitzer 7 note offset chest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504022842295-2T3HSRJNP5KFZZ5NXXBE/IMG_0306.JPG Project Gallery Page A restored Wurlitzer reservoir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504022858935-8U6M4U6FAR4I51628X7N/IMG_2816.JPG Project Gallery Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504022877470-FUQTDAC96KTO7FPNILW4/18983286_10158635896925391_146000732_n.jpg Project Gallery Page A before and after of a Skinner reservoir that was found in a barn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504022899115-O4X0DV7FCW1U4NRO2KUS/IMG_6337.JPG Project Gallery Page Casavant pouchboards in the process of being releathered and new pitmans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1518484491182-K84Z6CEGF1HXYLWHUT5U/IMG_0854.JPG Project Gallery Page An extremely rare restored E. M. Skinner wedge bellows from 1916 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1518484606655-IO2SQAXBHFDO21EGDT91/IMG_E1112.JPG Project Gallery Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1518484654357-FZ4U92LU5N4MJSAZ3CH5/IMG_1207.JPG Project Gallery Page - A restored E. M. Skinner Double Primary A restored Double Primary from an E. M. Skinner Swell division https://www.jgrangerpipeorgans.com/subcontracting daily 0.75 2017-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504023819757-KSXDOKBYPQJDW543JELD/IMG_0340.JPG Contractor For Hire Working in the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall shop, assisting on the restoration of the 466 rank Midmer-Losh, the world's largest pipe organ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503933786535-7COGKX52D14T69AWAPVV/IMG_1220.JPG Contractor For Hire Assisting on the removal of an Austin Organ in Wisconsin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504102011419-YQXGEP5VNIE49ZDMXRTW/IMG_7051.JPG Contractor For Hire Assisting a builder with the removal of a 32' Contra Bombarde in Memphis, Tennesee https://www.jgrangerpipeorgans.com/contact-me daily 0.75 2017-09-12 https://www.jgrangerpipeorgans.com/releathering daily 0.75 2017-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503945889190-ZWI864R8K45ERWDEZE2W/image-asset.jpeg Releathering A 1960's stop control switch from an Aeolian-Skinner showing the tears that have developed, rendering the entire stop dead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503946498054-MXJKW4T4J5POH8FIGZ3V/IMG_1459.JPG Releathering 1920's Wurlitzer pneumatics before relethering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503946306559-Y5YFLBBKIKS30WNY21V4/image-asset.jpeg Releathering Reassembling the finished Casavant Primary blocks with all new gaskets, valves, and pneumatic leather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503946598977-8BMUA2F2L90XCHMLREQH/IMG_0532.JPG Releathering The same Wurlitzer chest, with relethered penuamtics, new gaskets, felt, and pallet leather, ready for reinstallation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503946015386-5P64M28CX7UGFFF5N9P7/Wangerin Releathering A unique offset chest from a 1920's Wangerin organ undergoing releathering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503945823153-ZO4CP1X6V04K4XVLT3M3/IMG_6337.JPG Releathering The old pouches are removed and replaced with new ones, pictured here on the same 1959 Casavant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1504660323675-JUMEY7KUDGRE7YURXCXA/IMG_7164.JPG Releathering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503946367759-KKPEZH4GNSY2U9ZVQWBI/Barton Releathering Showing original 1920's pneumatics from a Barton theater organ, and the releathered units below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503945683679-AKKVM55SR3Z06UE9EVUQ/image-asset.jpeg Releathering Pouches on a 1959 Casavant organ that have reached the end of their life and have developed tears and holes. These leather pouches are removed and replaced with new leather to give the organ another 50+ years of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503945968350-PLZCNGKCY57VUDBNJT7S/image-asset.jpeg Releathering The same Aeolian Skinner stop switch releathered and ready for installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1503946151618-KOJ1RDVMU2MCVKHN4RUG/IMG_1611.JPG Releathering a 1920's Casavant pedal pneumatic taken apart, showing the complexity of the pneumatic with 2 valves, and covered with 100 years of Detroit coal https://www.jgrangerpipeorgans.com/our-clients daily 0.75 2019-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1557678924127-YSMJ0DB3539S9Z3R1FBH/IMG_1586.JPG Our Clients - Fountain Street Church Grand Rapids, Michigan | The 138 rank Austin, Opus 2782 with 38 additional Allen voices over 5 manuals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1557679277446-ZNM93SWIQC9WF8F67MXP/St.+Peter%27s+Cathedral%2C+Marquette Our Clients - St. Peter’s Cathedral Marquette, Michigan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1557679475254-6L984TBJVTM4QULDPTR2/St.+Matthew%27s+Cathedral+in+South+Bend%2C+indiana Our Clients - St. Matthew’s Cathedral South Bend, Indiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1557679734898-UYSZHPQHA25E6DVL0U5K/First+Presbyterian+Battle+Creek Our Clients - First Presbyterian Church Battle Creek, Michigan | 1991 Dobson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1557679956998-69IU1HLG7A4HTYQJ5KU4/Emmanuel+Episcopal+Petoskey Our Clients - Emmanuel Episcopal Church Petoskey, Michigan | 2008 Lauck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1557680200365-OUM5DW0DGRUT8H6IO7JE/Central+United+Methodist+in+Muskegon%2C+Michigan Our Clients - Central United Methodist Church Muskegon, Michigan | 68 rank Moller organ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f4829f43b5572af3a1112/1557681205647-72KTH06QIL599ZW9Y685/IMG_2644.JPG Our Clients - St. Boniface Catholic Church Bay City, Michigan