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Dedication of 1905 Hinners Pipe Organ
September 25, 2005
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The "New" Hinners Organ |
The Organ's New Home |
View of Atrium Skylight |
In 2005 First Lutheran Church received a donation of a 1905 Hinners one manual, six rank, mechanical (tracker) pipe organ. First Lutheran was alerted to this opportunity by DeKalb resident Devon Hollingsworth, chief organist at Christ Church in Oak Brook. Beginning in late June, volunteers disassembled and transported the organ from Trinity Lutheran Church in Evanston to First Lutheran in DeKalb, where it was reassembled in its new home overlooking the atrium. Since that time, the case work has been refinished, repairs to the mechanical action, air reservoir, tremolo, pipe racks, and pipes have been made, and the organ has been made fully playable at first Lutheran. The organ is of a type that was once widely used in churches across the United States. Its installation at First Lutheran was an act of cultural and historical preservation while also expanding the range of musical performance possibilities at First.
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Devon Hollingsworth Assembles the Organ |
Randy Stubbs at the Keyboard |
Devon and Randy at the Reception |
The organ was formally dedicated at a reception and recital on Sunday, September 25. The many volunteers who had helped with the project were publicly thanked, a photo CD of the move and reconstruction was shown at the reception, and organ enthusiasts Devon Hollingsworth and Randall Stubbs were on hand to answer questions about the instrument. There was lots of music, lots of food, lots of pictures, and lots of fellowship. It was a wonderful afternoon.
The event received extensive publicity in local newspapers. Click here to read one of these stories, "First Lutheran Church rescues rare pipe organ," by a reporter at the DeKalb Daily Chronicle.
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