Pipe Organ Database

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Hinners Organ Co. (Opus 788, 1908)

Location:

First Presbyterian Church
207 Williams St.
East Jordan, MI 49727 US
Organ ID: 57939

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, used occasionally.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 12 ranks. 674 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 10 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
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 10
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • 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: Flat straight pedalboard.
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on April 03, 2016:

Updated through online information from Shawn P. Keith.
With the exception of the Great Mixture III all of the pipework is original, and the pipes for the 4' Flute d'Amour are stored on-site in case future restoration is desired.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on March 03, 2016:

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Andrew A. Clark, based on personal knowledge of the organ.

A blower was added to this organ replacing the original hand pumping mechanism. Also this organ was rebuilt and a 3 rank mixture added to the Great at some point. It increased it to 12 ranks. Has beautiful casework & facade.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist taken from the console March, 2016
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Console: Photograph by Andrew A. Clark. Taken on 2016-01-15

Organ Case: Photograph by Andrew Clark. Taken on 2016-03-14

Organ Case: Photograph by Shawn P. Keith. Taken on 2016-03-14

Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case: Photograph by Shawn P. Keith. Taken on 2016-03-14

Keydesk: Photograph by Shawn P. Keith. Taken on 2016-03-14

Builder's Nameplate: Photograph by Shawn P. Keith. Taken on 2016-03-14

Left Drawknobs: Photograph by Shawn P. Keith. Taken on 2016-03-14

Right Drawknobs: Photograph by Shawn P. Keith. Taken on 2016-03-14

Pedalboard: Photograph by Shawn P. Keith. Taken on 2016-03-14

Detail on Organ Case: Photograph by Shawn P. Keith. Taken on 2016-03-14

Detail on Organ Case: Photograph by Shawn P. Keith. Taken on 2016-03-14

Pipework: Photograph by Shawn P. Keith. Taken on 2016-03-14

Pipework: Photograph by Shawn P. Keith. Taken on 2016-03-14

Organ Case Interior: Photograph by Shawn P. Keith. Taken on 2016-03-14

Organ Case Interior: Photograph by Shawn P. Keith. Taken on 2016-03-14

Organ Case Interior: Photograph by Shawn P. Keith. Taken on 2016-03-14

Organ Case Interior: Photograph by Shawn P. Keith. Taken on 2016-03-14

Keydesk: Photograph by Shawn P. Keith. Taken on 2016-03-14

Organ behind pulpit: Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Rick Erickson. Taken approx. c 1908

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