C. B. Fisk, Inc.

Originally Hinners Organ Co. (1911)

Location:

First Presbyterian Church
213 NE 1st St
Havana, FL 32333 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 39772

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ has been renovated with changes 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 Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 7 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 7 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 7
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Balanced tracker.
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on June 08, 2015:

Updated through online information from Jonathan Hehn.

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

Database Manager on May 29, 2015:

Updated through online information from Jonathan Hehn. -- The original home of this organ is not known. However, according to notes by Robert J. Reich of the Andover Organ Co. in Methuen, MA, the organ was moved to Haverhill, Massachussetts from a church in Rhode Island in 1938. The organ was built in 1911, possibly for the Rhode Island Church. The C.B. Fisk firm of Glouchester, Massachussetts bought the organ in 1979 from New Life Christian Assembly in Haverhill, Massachussetts. Some modifications were made to the original stoplist of the instrument after it was bought by Fisk. According to their records, the firm at that time repitched the 4' Principal on the Great, (originally built by Hinners as an 8' Dulciana), to 2' pitch. The Hinners organ was used by the Fisk firm as a "loaner" for many years, and is known to have been loaned to different churches before being permanently acquired by the First Presbyterian Church of Havana, Florida. Above the keydesk one finds a brass dedication plaque inscribed to "Minnie A. Mason" which is dated 1938, the year the organ was moved to Haverhill. It is because of this dedication plaque that the organ is lovingly referred to as "Minnie"?

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on April 03, 2021.

Database Manager on March 06, 2009:

Identified through on-line information from Richard Hinners. -- 1911 Hinners Organ "Minnie". Was used at St John's Episcopal Church, Tallahassee during the three year constuction of a new Fisk Opus 127 and installed at First Prespyterian Church in Havana after construction and installation of the Fisk. Sound and condition is excellent.

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

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