S. S. Hamill
Opus 131, 1870
Urbana Swedenborgian Church [& Wedding Chapel]
Sanctuary; front
330 S Main Street
Urbana, OH, US
Instrument ID: 1717 ● Builder ID: 2609 ● Location ID: 1668
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STOPLISTS
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| [8'] | Gr. Melodia Treble | |
| [8'] | Melodia Bass🛈 | |
| [4'] | Gr. Principal🛈 | |
| [4'] | Gr. Flute🛈 | |
| [2'] | Gr. Fifteenth🛈 | |
| [8']' | SWELL to GREAT |
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| [8'] | Sw. Open Diapason🛈 | |
| [8'] | Sw. Viol d'Gamba | |
| [8'] | Flute🛈 | |
| [8'] | Sw. Stop'd Dia. Bass | |
| [4'] | Sw. Principal Treble | |
| [4'] | Sw. Principal Bass | |
| [8'] | Sw. Hautboy | |
| Sw. Vox Tremolo |
| PEDAL🛈 | ||
| [16'] | Ped. Bourdon🛈 | |
| [8']' | SWELL to PEDAL | |
| [8']' | GREAT to PEDAL |
| ACCESSORIES🛈 | ||
| Bellows Signal | ||
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Due to the instrument's situation [described in archival documents as having been installed in an insufficiently-prepared space, sagging floor, internal components held together with clothespins and paperclips, etc.], it is not surprising that stop pull knobs are missing labels, and masking-tape replacements are not named in accordance with split-register conventions.
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CONSOLES
Builder: S. S. Hamill
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (58 Notes)27 Note Pedal3 Divisions12 Stops14 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Hitchdown Coupler(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
This Hamill organ, Opus 131, was used until 1970, when it had deteriorated so much that it couldn't be used anymore. Much of the internal pipes were removed to the basement, where they sit in storage, awaiting some future restoration. The stop-levers are missing their nameplates in several cases, even including a missing pull-knob.
At one point, the idea was floated to sell the occasionally-used Roberts organ to finance the Hamill's restoration, as the Hamill was the first organ in this church, installed in 1884. That will probably not occur, as the Roberts organ is still useful.
Rather curiously, one of the individuals who assisted with dismantling and storing the pipes was also named Samuel Hamill...
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1995
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
From Plymouth Congregational, Indianapolis, IN. Located in front. Church also has John Roberts organ in rear in 1995.
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