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Hinners Organ Co. (1919)

Location:

Bethany Lutheran / Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Norway
815 Iron Street
Norway, MI 49870 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 232

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on April 09, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider, Information unknown or not applicable
  • 8 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 8 stops. 8 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on April 09, 2023.

Swell (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on April 09, 2023.

Pedal:
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on April 09, 2023.
Main:
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 8
  • Registers: 8
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave straight pedalboard.
  • Has Combination Action Foot Trundles
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on April 09, 2023.
Rev. Michael J. Langlais on February 04, 2023:

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is now the sole owner of the Hinners. The group identified legally as Bethany Lutheran deeded the church and all its contents, including the Hinners, before they left the premises to build a new church building. This split took place in 2010. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Norway was incorporated at that time and is comprised of the primary members who voted to stay in the original church building (built in 1880) which houses the Hinners and all the other church furnishings (from around 1900).

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on April 09, 2023.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from the Ed Boadway Hinner opus list (which gives date as 1919). Stoplist in Richmond.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on March 28, 2023.
Stoplist copied from 2023 keydesk photos: Open In New Tab Originally published April 8, 2023
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on April 09, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Organ case at front, right of sanctuary: Photograph by Joe Granger, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-03-28

Keydesk: Photograph by Joe Granger, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-03-28

Great pipework (l-r): 8' Open Diapason, 8' Melodia, 8' Dulciana: Photograph by Joe Granger, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-03-28

Swell pipework (l-r): 8' Violin Diapason, 8' Stopped Diapason, 8' string ; 4' Harmonic Flute (barely visible).: Photograph by Joe Granger, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-03-28

Shipping tag of one of the facade scallop rack supports: Photograph by Joe Granger, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-03-28

Great stops: Photograph by Rev. Michael J. Langlais, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-04-05

Swell & Pedal stops: Photograph by Rev. Michael J. Langlais, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-04-05

Couplers and Tremolo: Photograph by Rev. Michael J. Langlais, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-04-05

Pedalboard: Photograph by Rev. Michael J. Langlais, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-04-05

Composition foot trundles and Swell shoe: Photograph by Rev. Michael J. Langlais, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-04-05

Builder's nameplate: Photograph by Rev. Michael J. Langlais, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-04-05