Pipe Organ Database

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Hinners Organ Co. (1909)

Location:

First Methodist Church
Sabetha, KS US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 73435

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Methodist Churches
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on May 16, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider, Information unknown or not applicable
  • 11 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 11 stops.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on May 16, 2023.

Swell (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on May 16, 2023.

Pedal:
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on May 16, 2023.
Main:
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 11
  • 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.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on May 16, 2023.
Jim Stettner on May 16, 2023:

This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from the Ed Boadway Hinner opus list.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on May 16, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. 1907 Postmark

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1910