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Hinners Organ Co. (1929)

Location:

St. Paul Lutheran Church
202 Brooks Street
Missoula, MT 59801 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 66072

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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 is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on August 15, 2020.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 10 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 10 stops. 10 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. No visible pipes.
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on August 14, 2020.

Swell:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. No visible pipes.
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on August 14, 2020.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. No visible pipes.
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on August 14, 2020.
Main:
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 10
  • Registers: 10
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on August 14, 2020.
Jim Stettner on August 14, 2020:

The original Hinners was installed in two side-by-side chambers on the right side of the chancel at the front of the sanctuary. It is not known what - if any - tonal changes or modifications may have been made in the past prior to 1976. The Pedal 16' Bourdon was installed in the Great chamber.

In 1976, Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc. of Seattle was hired to rebuild and enlarge the organ. A new, free-standing case housing the Great Principal chorus and Pedal Principal unit was installed in the chancel at the center of the front wall. Original Hinners Great and Swell chests were retained in the original chambers, and other Kilgen-style E-P unit chests built by Balcom and Vaughan were added. Some of the original Hinners pipework was retained.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on August 14, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Original right-side chamber grille: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1997-10-14

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