2005-11-21 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Removal, electrification, and reinstallation of 1914, tubular-pneumatic Hillgreen-Lane organ originally built for the Zion Swedish Lutheran Church on the NW corner of 5th and Cedar. Congregation moved to the present location as First Lutheran at the time of this electrification. Later merged with the Norwegian Lutheran congregation (Our Saviour's Lutheran) at this location as Peace Lutheran. Finally became Hope Lutheran. -Database Manager
2014-01-06 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console September, 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Anaconda, Montana
Hope Lutheran Church
Built by HILLGREEN-LANE & CO., Opus ___, 1914
George A. Graham, 1957 - Moving & Electrification
GREAT (Expressive) COUPLERS
8 Open Diapason 61 Swell to Pedal 8,4
8 Melodia 61 Great to Pedal 8,4
8 Dulciana 61
Swell to Great 16,8,4
Great Unison Off
Great to Great 4'
FINGER PISTONS
None
SWELL (Expressive)
8 Stopped Diapason 61
8 Viola 61 TOE STUDS
4 Rohr Flute 61 Gr. to Ped. Rev. (rev)
Tremolo Sforzando (rev)
Swell to Swell 16'
Swell Unison Off PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell to Swell 4' Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
PEDAL (Expressive)
16 Bourdon 32
ACTION: E-P ventil VOICES: 7 STOPS: 7 RANKS: 7 PIPES: 398
NOTES
This congregation began life as the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church, and was
organized March 4,1898. For a period of six years, the congregation was a part of the
Scandinavian Union Church which was a federation of Swedish Baptist, Swedish Lutheran,
and Norwegian Lutheran churches. A church was built on the corner of 5th & Cedar. In
1904, the Swedish Baptist congregation bought the Scandinavian Union Church building.
Property was donated to the Swedish Lutheran Church by the Anaconda Company, and with
help from Augustana Synod, construction of a new church was begun in 1904 and completed
in 1905. The new brick and wood edifice was located on the N.W. Corner of 5th & Cedar.
It was in this building that the Hillgreen-Lane was originally installed in 1914.
The action was originally tubular-pneumatic, and the original keydesk was likely attached
to the front of the case and projecting. The first 17 pipes of the Great 8' Open Diapason
are believed to have been in the visible pipe façade, however only notes 9-17 (9 pipes)
in the present, relocated instrument are painted gold.
The Great 8' Dulciana of metal has 12 stopped wood basses. The Swell 8' Stopped Diapason
is actually labeled “Gedecht” [sic]. The first 12 pipes of the Swell 8' Viola are can-
istered. The Swell 4' Rohr Flute is unusual in that the first 24 pipes are stopped wood,
but the bored stopper handles have been filled-in. And at middle c it turns into an open
metal harmonic flute. The pipes look to be the same vintage as the rest of the pipework,
but it is not impossible that the harmonic flute pipes were substituted for the original
stopped wood pipes. Other extant and documented examples of the builder's work from this
period contain 4' Rohr Flute stops entirely of stopped wood, or capped metal with chimneys.
When the congregation moved to their new [present] building in 1957, the organ was taken
along and re-installed. The action was electrified at this time, and a new detached supply
house console replaced the original attached keydesk. Any casework was also discarded. This
work was done by George A. Graham of Spokane, WA.
As originally built, only the Swell had been under expression. In the new location, the
entire organ was re-installed in a large, expressive chamber at the front of the church.
The original Pedal compass had been 30 notes, so a 2-note chest and two pipes were added
to the 16' Bourdon to make it full-compass with 32 pipes.
In 1984, the Norwegian Lutheran Church – which had later changed its name to Our Saviour's
Lutheran – merged with First Lutheran to form Hope Lutheran at the Washoe Park Rd. building.
The 2-manual, 4-rank M.P. Möller organ which had served the Norwegian congregation was sold
to Atonement Lutheran in Missoula, MT. About 1989, the old Norwegian Lutheran Church building
was sold to the Foursquare congregation.
Sources: Church history; Historical Society documents; JRS; extant moved organ.
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