Pipe Organ Database

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Hinners Organ Co. (1923)

Location:

St. John's Lutheran Church (1910)
Spencer, WI US
Sanctuary; front
Organ ID: 62836

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ is no longer at this location; destroyed, dispersed, relocated or taken in trade.
  • The organ's condition is not playable here.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on October 31, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider, Information unknown or not applicable
  • 8 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 8 stops.
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 October 31, 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 October 31, 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 October 31, 2023.
Main:
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 8
  • 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.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on October 30, 2023.
Jim Stettner on October 31, 2023:

The Clark County Wisconsin Historical website also states, "Several improvements and additions were made to the church property in 1957. < snip > The pipes for the organ were painted gray,..."

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on October 31, 2023.
Database Manager on July 11, 2018:

Identified from the Ed Boadway Hinners opus list. The Clark County Wisconsin Historical website page for St. John's Lutheran indicates, "A Hinners pipe organ was purchased in 1923 for $2200."

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on October 30, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior when new in 1910: Photograph from an archival source: https://wiclarkcountyhistory.org/, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. 1910

Organ case in front: Photograph from an archival source: https://wiclarkcountyhistory.org/, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1923