Pipe Organ Database

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Geneva Organ Co. (1920s)

Location:

Sacred Heart Catholic Church
316 W. Benham
Glendive, MT 59330 US
Sanctuary; rear gallery
Organ ID: 39227

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on April 03, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 7 ranks. 470 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 7 stops. 7 registers.
All:
  • Position: In gallery-level chambers 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
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 7
  • Registers: 7
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys above top manual.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on February 15, 2009:

Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is housed in two free-standing "chamber cases" in the rear gallery. The cases are connected by a pipe fence facade of 35 gold dummy pipes. The chests are electro-pneumatic, but the specific type is not known. The wind pressure is 6". A new rectifier was installed in the 1990's. Documented April, 1997.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from the console April 1997
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1940's

Church exterior; facade: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2018-06-07