Pipe Organ Database

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Hinners Organ Co. (Opus 3020, 1932)

Location:

St. John Lutheran Church
440 Ohio St.
Sterling, NE 68443 US
Organ ID: 67158

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ has been altered with the introduction of a digital/computer memory system.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Ryan Luckey on December 28, 2020.

Technical Details:

  • 5 ranks. 362 pipes. 1 divisions. 2 manuals. 5 stops. 21 registers.
Transept:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 1
  • Stops: 5
  • Registers: 21
  • Position: Console in fixed position, right.
  • 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.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys above top manual.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Combination Action Name: Virtuoso
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Ryan Luckey on December 28, 2020.
Ryan Luckey on December 18, 2021:

Preparations for a Trumpet 8 were made in the console when the solid-state control system was installed in 2020, work completed by Bedient Pipe Organ. Bedient added the Trumpet and unit wind chest in December 2021. It is a rank made by a supply house in the 1930s. Its original installation is unknown. The chest design and construction replicates the original Hinners chests in the organ.

We received the most recent update for this note from Ryan Luckey on December 18, 2021.
Jim Stettner on December 29, 2020:

Updated through online information from Ryan Luckey. -- The organ had a solid state conversion in December 2020 which included additional stops from existing ranks, and preparations for the future addition of an 8' Trumpet - preferably a used, vintage Hinners rank.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on December 29, 2020.
Taken from the console following solid-state switching system installation: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Ryan Luckey on December 18, 2021.

Taken from OHS Database photos of the original stop tablets: Open In New Tab Originally published December 29, 2020
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on December 29, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Console: Photograph by Ryan Luckey. Taken on 2020-12-23

Original nameplate on new nameboard: Photograph by Ryan Luckey. Taken on 2020-12-23

Original stop-key assembly, removed December, 2020: Photograph by Ryan Luckey. Taken on 2020-12-23

C-side of the main wind chest showing the Trumpet added in 2021: Photograph by Ryan Luckey. Taken on 2021-12-16