Better Pipe Organ Database

Howard D. Bennett (1975)

First Presbyterian Church
196 S. C Street
Virginia City, NV

Images

1994-05-07 - Sanctuary interior with organ case (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-07 - Organ case (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-07 - Keydesk and pedalboard (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-07 - Keydesk (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-07 - Pedal 16' Bourdon behind case (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
7 stops
4 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Row Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Hinners Organ Co. (1925, Opus2745). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Tubular pedal. Keyboard split at middle C. Bass of Viole de Gamba grooved to Liebl. Gedeckt. -Database Manager

2007-10-11 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- In a quarter-sawn oak case at the front, right corner of the room. First 5 pipes of 8' Open Diapason stopped wood and tubed-off to a toeboard outside the bass end of the swellbox. Next 19 pipes (6-24) are en façade. All other manual pipework is expressive. Three manual ranks: 8' Open Diapason (t/b); 8' Liebl Gedackt (t/b); and 8' Viola da Gamba (t/b). The Pedal has an independent 16' Bourdon of only 15 pipes. They do not repeat for notes 16-30. Documented May 7, 1994. -Database Manager

2009-08-29 - Updated through online information from Howard D. Bennett. -- This organ was removed from Trinity Lutheran, Gardnerville, NV in 1965. Relocated to First Presbyterian, Virginia City in 1975. -Database Manager

2013-04-18 - Updated through online information from Howard D. Bennett. -- The organ is fully functional. A new Ventus blower replaced the original unit (I believe it was a Spencer) in 1987. No other modifications have been made. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console May 7, 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Virginia City, Nevada
First Presbyterian Church

Hinners Organ Co., Opus 2745, 1925 - Original Specifications
Howard D. Bennett, 1975 - Installation

MANUAL (Expressive)
   8 Ft  Open Diapason Treble         37
   8 Ft  Open Diapason Bass           24   1-5 st'd wood. 6-24 en facade.

   8 Ft  Liebl Gedackt Treble         37
   8 Ft  Liebl Gedackt Bass           24

   8 Ft  Viola da Gamba Treble        37
   8 Ft  Viola da Gamba Bass          24

         Tremolo

PEDAL (30 notes)
   16 Ft Bourdon                      15   Does not repeat on 16-30.

COUPLERS (Drawknob)
   Man Octave Coupler

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Expression                     (bal.)

ACTION: Mech. key & stops; tubular-pneumatic Pedal key action
VOICES: 4
STOPS: 7
RANKS: 4
PIPES: 198

NOTES
Originally installed in Trinity Lutheran Church in Gardnerville, NV.
Moved to the congregation's new building in 1953. Replaced by a new
pipe organ there in 1965.  The organ was acquired by a local member
of the community who had intended on installing the organ in a pizza
parlor, but this never came to fruition. The organ was then sold to
Howard Bennett who was a member of First Presbyterian in Virginia
City, and who installed the organ here.

[Received on line from James R. Stettner May 14, 2010.]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#8003†* - Hinners Organ Co. Opus 2745 (1925)