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Reed organ

Date: 1928-1932 ca.

Place Made:Pekin, Illinois, United States, North America

Model: Console model, Style 75-A

Serial No: none

SignedStencilled in gold-colored lettering on both the left and right sides of stop knobs: Hinners / Organ Co. / Pekin, Ill.

MarkingsIn white ink on back: 78.17.1

Descriptionearly 1930s, based on provenance research; 1902-1930 ca., based on death of Hinners' partner, Albertsen, when company name changed back to the original Hinners Organ Company; John L. Hinners died in 1906 with the company passing to his son, Arthur W. Hinners. The company was slow to incorporate electrical components into its organs, both pipe and reed varieties, with the earliest known complete electro-pneumatic pipe organ dated to 1916. A similar model (75-B) found on the Reed Organ Society datebase is dated about 1930. The reed organ business was continued under the name Hinners Reed Organ Company by Louis C. Mouschel until his death in 1940.

Oak case; finished back of case

Originally with electric blower, which has since been replaced; power swich to left of keyboards is disconnected, as the replacement blower must be external with separate control

Compass: Two-manual, CC-c4 (5 octaves), 61 keys
Pedal board: CCC-F (2 plus octaves), 30 keys

Electrified 11 rank reed organ with full pedal board (“black” keys not stained black);

Two (2) pedals - crescendo/tutti pedal; great to swell pedal coupler

Specification:
Swell
violin a 4’
Voix celeste 8’
Salicional 8’
Aeoline 8’
Bourdon 16’
Stopped diapason 8’
tremolo

Couplers
Swell to pedal
Great to pedal
Swell to great
Great octave coupler

Pedal
Open diapason 16’
Lieblich gedeckt 16’

Great
Clarionet 8’
Flute 4’
Open diapason 8’
Dulciana 8’
Melodia 8’

DimensionsHeight (including music desk): 1415 mm
Width: 1980 mm
Depth (without pedal board): 885 mm
Pedal board: 1400 mm x 930 mm

Provenanceearly 1930s – Chicago radio station owned it – Hinners Co. repossessed organ and sold it to the Pollock, South Dakota Memorial Presbyterian Church for ca. $700. 1964 – Pollock Church given a new organ and gave Hinners to a newly organized church – Oahe United Presbyterian Church, Pierre, South Dakota ca. 1966 – Pierre Church gave organ to Onida Presbyterian Church by 1976 Joe Weinert, Gettysburg, South Dakota purchased organ from Onida. ca. 1977 – Ted Clark purchased organ from Wienert

Terms

Reed organ

Credit Line: Gift of Ted L. Clark, 1984

Not on view

Object number: 03519