Louis H. Van Dinter (1893)

Exhibited in the 2007 OHS convention(s)

Location:

St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church
58 W. 5th Street
Peru, IN 46970 US
Organ ID: 122

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on March 01, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 19 ranks. 1,000 pipes. 2 manuals. 19 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Stops: 19
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 25
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Paul R. Marchesano on March 01, 2023:

Another improvement made during Meissner's pastorate was the acquisition of the present pipe organ in the rear gallery, supplanting a melodeon. The instrument was installed in 1893 by Louis H. Van Dinter of Mishawaka, Indiana, at a cost of $3,000. The oak facade of Gothic ornament includes twenty-seven stenciled pipes, of which eighteen speak and nine are dummies. The organ is situated beneath an arch that forms the sides of the organ proper. The organ's platform is twelve feet wide at the front, though behind the pillars it is twenty-nine feet wide. A water motor originally provided wind to the organ, and parts of this apparatus were still within the case in the early 1980s. The water-motor knob has since been nude to operate an electric blower. Manual compass is fifty-eight notes (CC-a3); pedal compass (flat pedalboard) is twenty-five notes (CC-c1) . The organ's diamond-shape nameplate has been missing for decades; however, "Louis H. Van Dinter/Builder/Mishawaka, Ind." has been found stenciled on the back board of the very large manual chest. The manual divisions are on one level, the Swell behind tlie Great, enclosed in one box. -- 2007 OHS Atlas

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on March 01, 2023.

Database Manager on May 07, 2018:
We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Database Manager on July 15, 2007:

OHS 2007 Convention venue

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Builder's Nameplate is not present, but the chest is stenciled with the name of the builder.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Indianapolis booklet, p. 40.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Specification from <i>2007 Organ Atlas: Central Indiana Region</i>
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Gallery and Pipe Facade: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2006-06-17

Nave, Gallery, and Pipe Facade: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2006-06-17

Keydesk: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2006-06-17

Pump: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2006-06-17

Left Drawknobs: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2006-06-17

Right Drawknobs: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2006-06-17

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