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Hoffman Pipe Organ Service (Harry Hoffman) (1976)

First Baptist Church
1225 Francis St.
St. Joseph, MO

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

Images

July 5, 1912 Post mark - Church exterior (Vintage postcard/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
33 stops
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Bennett Organ Co. (Opus 832, 1916). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1997 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - [Was 3m, 30rk, 32st.] New Swell reeds, Koppelflute, Mixture. [Appears to have been rebuilt by Bennett in 1919 as Op. 231X. Replaced a ca. 1900 Moline organ.] In 1997 has a 1952 Austin console. -Database Manager

2005-09-05 - Online update from David W. Lewis, jr. -- Built by Harry Hoffman. To be re-chested with substantially revised stoplist by Quimby Pipe Organs in 2006. 1952 Austin console. -Database Manager

2005-09-19 - Online update from David Lewis -- Harry Hoffman "rebuilt" the orig. Bennett inst. in 1976. -Database Manager

2007-08-28 - Updated through on-line information from David Lewis. -- Rebuilt behind original case in 2006 as III/34 with 28 stops by Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc. (Warrensburg, Missouri), with new E-P manual chests and pipework from other sources, while retaining Pedal pipework/chests, Austin console. -Database Manager

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