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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals 18 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
The first known visit of a Roman Catholic priest to the Mishawaka area occurred in 1833, when Fr. Stephen Badin made a missionary trip through northwest Indiana. Regular services began in 1844, and in 1855, a frame church structure was dedicated. Following this building’s destruction by fire in 1860, a new brick church was built, with the dedication held on December 8, 1861.
Louis Van Dinter, a member of the parish, installed the first organ in this building. This organ was later moved and expanded when the current structure was built in 1893. The organ was rebuilt as a three-manual instrument by Hillgreen and Lane sometime in the early- to mid-20th century, then converted back to a two-manual by Steiner-Reck in the 1980s and finally given a used replacement console by Wicks in the early 2000s.
Database Manager on December 4th, 2006:
Updated through on-line information from John Gouwens. -- According to the church's current organists, some of the van Dinter pipework is still present in the organ. The instrument was renovated by Steiner-Reck, and renovated later by Wicks. Several Walker digital voices are included now. Unsure of count of ranks, maybe around 20. Pipe ranks have 58 notes, digital ranks 61.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Builder's Nameplate: Van Dinter
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Replaced by 3 manual Hillgreen-Lane.
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