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Hinners Organ Co. (1910 ca.)

Location:

Methodist Episcopal Church
Bluffton, IN 46714 US
Sanctuary; front
Organ ID: 50188

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Methodist Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on October 03, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on November 11, 2015:

Updated through online information from WIlliam Dunklin.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on August 07, 2012:

Identified through online information from Will Dunklin. -- A 1912 postcard shows the M.E. Church of Bluffton IN with a large, polychrome facade organ in a late Victorian era building. A contemporary photograph shows this congregation, First UMC Bluffton IN in a different building with a contemporary designed pipe organ.

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

Instrument Images:

Chancel and Facade: Postcard ca. 1922, courtesy of William Dunklin.

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