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Hinners Organ Co. (1910)

Location:

Bethany Lutheran / Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Norway
815 Iron Street
Norway, MI 49870 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 232

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ is unaltered 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 Rev. Michael J. Langlais on February 04, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 8 ranks. 2 manuals. 8 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Stops: 8
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • 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: Fixed mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard not meeting AGO standards.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Rev. Michael J. Langlais on February 04, 2023:

The church building including the Hinners organ passed into our hands in 2020.

We received the most recent update for this note from Rev. Michael J. Langlais on February 04, 2023.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from the Ed Boadway Hinner opus list (which gives date as 1919). Stoplist in Richmond.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on March 28, 2023.
Stoplist taken from verbal account: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on March 28, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Organ case at front, right of sanctuary: Photograph by Joe Granger, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-03-28

Keydesk: Photograph by Joe Granger, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-03-28

Great pipework (l-r): 8' Open Diapason, 8' Melodia, 8' Dulciana: Photograph by Joe Granger, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-03-28

Swell pipework (l-r): 8' Violin Diapason, 8' Stopped Diapason, 8' string ; 4' Harmonic Flute (barely visible).: Photograph by Joe Granger, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-03-28

Shipping tag of one of the facade scallop rack supports: Photograph by Joe Granger, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-03-28

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