2006-06-07 - Identified through information from Davis Folkerts. -Database Manager
I apparently did not include the stop list when first listing this instrument. I know all names to be accurate. Source: My memory of playing this instrument regularly 1950-1956 and frequently thereafter 7/17/2020
Hinners Organ Co. (1919) Forreston Reformed Church Forreston, IL Swell: Violin Diapason 8'; Stopped Diapason 8'; Oboe 8' (labial); Echo Salicional 8'; Flute Harmonique 4' Great: Open Diapason 8'; Melodia 8'; Dulciana 8'; Principal 4' Pedal: Bourdon 16'; Lieblich Gedackt 16' (one rank, full pressure and reduced pressure) Couplers: Swell to Great; Octaves to Great; Swell to Pedal; Great to Pedal Tremulant Chimes (added ca. 20 years after 1919)
Stoplist and full description Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Forreston, Illinois Forreston Reformed Church Hinners Organ, 1919 Stoplist and Description Swell Great Pedal Violin Diapason 8' Open Diapason 8' Bourdon 16' Stopped Diapason 8' Melodia 8' Lieblich Gedackt 16' Oboe (reedless) 8' Dulciana 8' Echo Salicional 8' Principal 4' Fl�te Harmonique 4' Couplers: Great to Pedal; Swell to Pedal; Swell to Great; Swell Octave (4') to Great Two combination levers for the feet: mp and 'full organ' Tremulant Slider chests with mechanically operated pallets. Offsets and the Pedal Bourdon 16' are pneumatic. Speaking stops controlled by drawknobs on terraced jambs. Couplers and tremulant controls are drawknobs above the top manual. A large arch pierces the front wall of the sanctuary which is filled with the console and woodwork to the floor below the impost, above which approximately 12 façade pipes from the Great Open Diapason 8' and twelve from the Principal 4' among other 'dummies' and a high row of 'canisters' to complete the enclosure of the arch. Behind the façade is a room approximately 7' x 24' housing the action, chests, and pipes. The Swell enclosure contains pipes only up to four feet in length. The Oboe begins at tenor C, the bottom octave of the Echo Salicional has stopped metal pipes, and the bottom octave of the Violin Diapason is offset outside the swell box The Pedal Lieblich Gedackt 16' uses the same pipes as the Bourdon 16' on reduced wind. This instrument is in regular use. A multi-staged restoration is being done by the Berghaus Organ Company. Stage one was completed in 2005, when it was thoroughly cleaned and inspected; damaged or missing key coverings were replaced, the original wind pressure was restored, action repairs to correct dead notes were accomplished, and a thorough tuning at the original pitch (435) was completed. Within the next few months the pedal and off-set blast actions will be releathered. Future restorative stages will include repacking the stoppers of the Bourdon and Stopped Diapason and bottom octaves of the Echo Salicional and Melodia, and releathering the reservoir. At present, the reservoir has its original, 87-year-old leather, including the leather on the feeder bellows for hand pumping -- still functional, though long since having fallen into disuse because of the addition of an electric motor driven-blower. The leather seems brittle, but has never leaked. A combination of conservative maintenance and some 'benign neglect' have conspired to preserve this instrument in remarkably excellent condition. [Received on-line from Davis Folkerts, June 6, 2006.]
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