Pipe Organ Database

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Howard D. Bennett (1975)

Originally Hinners Organ Co. (Opus 2745, 1925)

Location:

First Presbyterian Church
196 S. C Street
Virginia City, NV 89440 US
Organ ID: 8012

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian 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 Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 4 ranks. 186 pipes. 2 divisions. 1 manuals. 7 stops. 4 registers.
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: 1
  • Divisions: 2
  • Stops: 7
  • Registers: 4
  • 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: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on April 18, 2013:

Updated through online information from Howard D. Bennett. -- The organ is fully functional. A new Ventus blower replaced the original unit (I believe it was a Spencer) in 1987. No other modifications have been made.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on August 29, 2009:

Updated through online information from Howard D. Bennett. -- This organ was removed from Trinity Lutheran, Gardnerville, NV in 1965. Relocated to First Presbyterian, Virginia City in 1975.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 11, 2007:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- In a quarter-sawn oak case at the front, right corner of the room. First 5 pipes of 8' Open Diapason stopped wood and tubed-off to a toeboard outside the bass end of the swellbox. Next 19 pipes (6-24) are en façade. All other manual pipework is expressive. Three manual ranks: 8' Open Diapason (t/b); 8' Liebl Gedackt (t/b); and 8' Viola da Gamba (t/b). The Pedal has an independent 16' Bourdon of only 15 pipes. They do not repeat for notes 16-30. Documented May 7, 1994.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

The original builder was Hinners Organ Co. (1925, Opus2745).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1996.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Tubular pedal. Keyboard split at middle C. Bass of Viole de Gamba grooved to Liebl. Gedeckt.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from the console May 7, 1994
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Sanctuary interior with organ case: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1994-05-07

Organ case: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1994-05-07

Organ case: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1994-05-07

Keydesk and pedalboard: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1994-05-07

Keydesk: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1994-05-07

Pedal 16' Bourdon behind case: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1994-05-07