Pipe Organ Database

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Hinners Organ Co. (1912)

Location:

First Trinity Lutheran Church
57741 847th Rd.
Altona (Wayne), NE 68787 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 4739

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition needs attention, but in usable condition.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on February 09, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider, Information unknown or not applicable
  • 12 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 12 stops.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on February 09, 2023.

Swell (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on February 09, 2023.

Pedal:
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on February 09, 2023.
Main:
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 12
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • 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.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.
  • Has Combination Action Foot Trundles
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on February 09, 2023.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from the Hinner opus list.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on February 09, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Organ console & façade.: Photograph by Eric Grane. Taken on 2023-02-07

Keydesk [cropped from larger photo]: Photograph by Eric Grane, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-02-07

Church exterior; facade: Photograph by Brad on Find-a-Grave, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. Undated

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