Better Pipe Organ Database

Hinners Organ Co. (1906)

United Methodist Church
Platteville, WI

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

ca. 1910 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 1971 - Pedalboard with sticker action, foot trundles, and expression shoe (Photograph by Photographer unknown, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 1971 - Great pipework with facade pipes removed (Photograph by Photographer unknown, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 1971 - Side of case (Photograph by Photographer unknown, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 1971 - Organ case in front, right corner (Photograph by Photographer unknown, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
16 stops
16 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2006-11-15 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was installed in the front, right corner for the chancel. It was removed from the church in 1971. It is presently (November, 2006) in storage at an antique store in McFarland, Wisconsin. The owners are asking only $1,700.00 for the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from the Keyboardtrader.com sale listing - June 2006 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Platteville, Wisconsin
Methodist Church

Hinners Organ Co., 1906

GREAT
   8'  Open Diapason          61   Partially en façade.
   8'  Melodia                61
   8'  Gamba                  61
   8'  Dulciana               61
   4'  Principal              61
   4'  Flute d'Amour          61

SWELL (Expressive)
   16' Bourdon                61
   8'  Violin Diapason        61
   8'  Lieblich Gedacht       61
   8'  Salicional             61
   8'  Voix Celeste     (tc)  49
   8'  Æoline                 61
   4'  Flauto Traverso        61
   4'  Violina                61
   8'  Oboe Gamba             61
       Sw. Tremolo

PEDAL
   16' Bourdon                30

COUPLERS
   Great to Pedal
   Swell to Pedal
   Swell to Great  
   Swell Octave to Great

FOOT LEVERS
   Swell Piano
   Swell Forte
   Great Piano
   Great Forte

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Swell Expression       (bal.)

ACTION: Manual mech. key & stop; T-P Pedal
VOICES: 16
STOPS: 16
RANKS: 16
PIPES: 933
NOTES

   The organ sat in the right front corner of the church; so the left and
   front of the organ was exposed, and the right and rear of organ faced
   corner walls.  Medium colored, quarter-sawn oak case panels on which
   pipes sit; carved oak urn holding facade pipes at front corner of the
   case; and carved, applied acanthus carvings above music rack at front
   of organ.

   The organ was removed from United Methodist Church, Platteville, WI.
   in 1971  before the church demolition. It has been stored since then.

[Received on line from James R. Stettner March 20, 2009.]

 [Received on line from James R. Stettner March 20, 2009.]