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Hinners Organ Co. (1906)

Location:

St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church
325 S. Chestnut Street
Seymour, IN 47274 US
Organ ID: 1024

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 12 ranks. 2 manuals. 12 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Stops: 12
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 26
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on July 06, 2012:

Updated through online information from Thaddeus Reynolds. -- The only changes apparent to this organ is the replacement of the original hand-operated bellows system with an electric blower and conventional reservoir.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Builder's nameplate: Photograph by Tom Melton. Taken on 2018-01-23

Couplers: Photograph by Tom Melton. Taken approx. February 2018

Right stop jamb: Photograph by Tom Melton. Taken approx. February 2018

Repairs and cleaning: Photograph by Tom Melton. Taken approx. February 2018

Console: Photograph by Tom Melton. Taken on 2018-01-28

Organ in rear gallery: Photograph by Tom Melton. Taken on 2018-01-28

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