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Hinners Organ Co. (1911)

First [now Westminster] Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
312 E Center Street
Paxton, IL

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

Images

ca. 1907 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, 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
14 stops
14 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
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has combination trundles
Has coupler trundles

Notes

2013-05-04 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by James R. Stettner, based on information from a Facebook post with photos by Scott Montgomery, and ensuing posts by others including former church member Robert Woodworth, Jr.. -- -Database Manager

2021-09-10 - "The United Presbyterian Church of this city has secured pledges to the amount of $1200 for a new pipe organ and expects to receive a donation of $500 or $1000 from Carnegie." -- *Paxton Daily Record* (Paxton, Illinois) · 14 Apr 1908, Tue · Page 3 -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: Copied from Organ ID: 51274

Hinners Organ Co. (1911)
United Presbyterian Church
Paxton, IL

Hiners Organ Company 1911  2/14

 Great                       Swell
 8' Open Diapason            8' Violin Diapason
 8' Melodia                  8' Lieblich Gedeckt
 8' Dulciana                 8' Aeoline
 4' Principal                8' Salicional
 4' Flute d'Amour            8' Voix Celeste
                             4' Flute
                             8' Oboe (49 pipes)
 Pedal
 16' Bourdon
 16' Lieblich Gedeckt        Couplers
                             Sw. to Gt.
                             Sw. to Gt. Octaves
                             Sw. to Ped.
                             Gt. to Ped.

 Tremulant (entire instrument)

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#51205 - Unknown Builder (1923)