Schantz Organ Co.
1964

Originally Hillgreen, Lane & Co. (Opus 865, 1926)

First United Methodist Church

Sanctuary

1717 Pioneer Ave.
Wharton, TX, US

Instrument ID: 52346 ● Builder ID: 7079 ● Location ID: 45817
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions23 Stops✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Not Playable in this location

Database Manager on September 2nd, 2014:

Updated through online information from Jakeb Silva. -- As of August 26, 2014 the Swell division has been removed for restoration of the division and for repair work to the chamber


Database Manager on August 6th, 2014:

Updated through online information from Jakeb Silva. -- As of July 29, 2014 the restoration process is well under way and the console has been removed for cleaning and modifications. As well as some updates for any modern technology which may be installed.


Database Manager on May 5th, 2014:

Updated through online information from Jakeb Silva. -- Shortly after this instrument was added, the congregation unanimously voted to rebuild/restore the instrument. Rebuild/restoration began sometime between Easter and the week of May 4, 2014. The rebuild/restoration project is to be handled by Franklin Pipe Organs of Inez, Texas. A date of project completion has either not been set or released by the congregation at this point.


Database Manager on February 20th, 2014:

New console for the existing organ.
Identified by Jakeb Silva, based on personal knowledge of the organ.
-- This organ was originally installed in the church's sanctuary at 222 N Fulton St, Wharton, TX in 1927. The organ was moved from that location in 1972 to the church's present location. However when the move occurred the organ was disassembled moved to the present location and reassembled thus, nothing was done to update the instrument nor was any releathering done. The church kept the organ tuned regularly until the leather in the instrument began to crack causing more problems than the church could afford. So the organ was played for the last time in service in the spring of 2011 and has sat silent ever since.

Related Instrument Entries: Hillgreen, Lane & Co. (Opus 865, 1926)

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