Pipe Organ Database

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Frederick Heyer Cesander (1946)

Originally Hinners Organ Co. (Opus 608, 1905)
Exhibited in the 1995 OHS convention(s)

Location:

Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
814 W. Nepessing Street
Lapeer, MI 48446 US
Sanctuary; rear gallery
Organ ID: 4764

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been renovated with changes 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 Jim Stettner on June 04, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 10 ranks. 555 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 10 stops. 16 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) in a gallery 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: 10
  • Registers: 16
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • 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: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Anonymous on June 03, 2022:

Restoration in 2022 by David Wigton of Wigton Pipe Organs

We received the most recent update for this note from Anonymous on June 03, 2022.
Database Manager on June 13, 2016:

Updated through online information from Joseph Dobos.
Restored by Dana Hull in 1980 to OHS specifications.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on June 16, 2013:

Updated through online information from John Speller. -- Renovated by Dana Hull in 1981.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1995.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

This entry represents the moving and reinstallation of a used organ for a new home. The original home is unknown, but is surmised to have been Detroit. The Hinners was installed here in 1946 by Frederick H. Cesander without tonal or mechanical changes. It was renovated 1981 by Dana Hull.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on June 04, 2022.
OHS Organ Handbook 1995 (Lower Michigan), p. 73: Open In New Tab Originally published 1995
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on June 04, 2022.

From a work order from David Wigton, organbuilder.: Open In New Tab Originally published Recorded 19-Dec-2022.
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from N Camilleri on December 19, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Organ in Rear Gallery: Courtesy of Mr J. Veerman (before July 2018).

Console: Photograph by Anna Kirklin, submitted by N Camilleri. Taken approx. 2022