2013-06-25 - Altered and relocated existing organ. Identified by Stephen Maxwell, using information from an unidentified web site. -- The first home for the basic Portativ was Ascension Lutheran Church in Northfield, Illinois. Ascension used the instrument until April 1979, when they installed a larger pipe organ in their expanded worship area. Ascension gave this Portativ to Hope Lutheran Church in Long Grove, Illinois, in 1981 when Hope was a new congregation going into its first building. Ascension gave this remarkable little pipe organ to Hope with the understanding that should it some day no longer meet Hope's needs, Hope should, in turn, give it to another Lutheran church. In 1991, Hope moved into a new, larger sanctuary and began making plans to obtain a larger instrument. In July of 1992, Hope gave their Holtkamp Portativ pipe organ to Faith Lutheran, with the understanding that it would be given to another Lutheran Church should it no longer meet their needs. This basic organ has been supplemented with a 16' Pommer of 39 notes, playable at the 16' and 8' levels. Greater tonal diversity was obtained by making the top 22 notes Rohrpommers. This addition was built in 1999 by the Holtkamp Organ Company under the guidance of F. Christian Holtkamp. -Database Manager
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