Pipe Organ Database

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Hinners Organ Co. (Opus 1221, 1912)

Location:

Immanuel Lutheran Church
8538 N 500 E
Decatur, IN 46733 US
Sanctuary; rear gallery
Organ ID: 74212

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on August 17, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider, Information unknown or not applicable
  • 9 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 9 stops.
Great:
  • 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 August 17, 2023.

Swell (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 August 17, 2023.

Pedal:
  • 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 August 17, 2023.
Gallery:
  • Built by Hinners Organ Co.
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 9
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • 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 August 17, 2023.
Jim Stettner on August 17, 2023:

From the parish website, "In 1912, the church was placed on a higher foundation, furnace and pipe organ installed, the tower lowered 30 feet, and other minor changes made."

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on August 17, 2023.
Jim Stettner on August 17, 2023:

This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from the Ed Boadway Hinners opus list.

The organ was rebuilt by Reynolds Associates, Inc. in 1995. Unknown if the Hinners was electrified at this time, or had been previously electrified.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on August 17, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1910