Methodist Church: Sanctuary
235 North 2nd Street
Banning, CA
Note: Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2021-12-01 - Historic Console Photos located in the church basement (Photograph by David Lines/David Lines)
2021-12-01 - Church interior. To the left is the pipe chamber grill cloth apparently containing all 10 ranks under expression (Photograph by David Lines/David Lines)
2021-12-01 - The original 1929 organ contract (Photograph by David Lines/David Lines)
2021-12-01 - Historic Console Photos located in the church basement (Photograph by David Lines/David Lines)
2021-12-01 - Pipework 2 (Photograph by David Lines/David Lines)
2021-12-01 - Vox Humana (presumed) (Photograph by David Lines/David Lines)
2021-12-01 - Unidentified reed (Photograph by David Lines/David Lines)
2021-12-01 - Pipework 1 (Photograph by David Lines/David Lines)
ca. 1930's - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Online Archive of California, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- 2 manuals
- 10 stops
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
Notes
2021-04-09 - Identified from the Ed Boadway Hinners Opus List. -Jim Stettner
2021-04-09 - From a .pdf document on the church website regarding the parish history, *"In 1928, the old church site on Ramsey was sold to the J.C. Penny Co. for $17,500.00 and the congregation moved to its present location to “get away from the highway.” In this move, the church spent $23,000.00 for a building, $3,000.00 for furniture, and $5,000.00 for the 651-pipe Hinners organ. The cornerstone was laid in 1928, and the church building, with mahogany pews, was dedicated April 14, 1929."* -Jim Stettner
2021-12-02 - The console has been disconnected and is in storage. In need of major repairs, this organ is available to a good home. -David Lines
2023-05-31 - The Hinners opus list from Larry Chace lists this as a rebuild, an electrification of a prior organ. Hinners possibly electrified and moved the old organ from the prior building. -Paul R. Marchesano
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