Pipe Organ Database

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Unknown Builder (2019-2020)

Originally Hinners Organ Co. (1922)

Location:

Saint Louis Besancon Roman Catholic Church
15535 East Lincoln Highway
New Haven, IN 46774 US
Sanctuary; rear gallery
Organ ID: 72044

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic 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 Jim Stettner on November 03, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 5 ranks. 2 divisions. 1 manuals. 5 stops. 9 registers.
Manual (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on November 03, 2022.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on November 03, 2022.
Gallery:
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
  • Manuals: 1
  • Divisions: 2
  • Stops: 5
  • Registers: 9
  • 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 row above top manual.
  • Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Has Combination Action Foot Trundles
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on November 03, 2022.
Jim Stettner on November 03, 2022:

This entry represents the installation of a used organ in a new home and for a new owner.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on November 03, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Façade/Console: Photograph by Zach Jones. Taken on 2022-10-25

Church exterior as originally built: Photograph from an archival source: Allen County Library via Today's Catholic, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. after 1900

Church exterior as modified: Photograph from an archival source: Today's Catholic, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. August, 2021