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A hand-pumped Indian harmonium, of the type used in South Asia, here used at a European jazz festival.. The pump organ or reed organ is a type of organ using free-reeds that generates sound as air flows past the free-reeds, the vibrating pieces of thin metal in a frame.
The Wicks Organ Company was founded by Adolph Wick, John F. Wick, and Louis Wick in the early 1900s at their jewelry and watch making store in Highland, Illinois. A local priest asked John Wick to study organ; he studied organ at St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, and then became the church organist.
The 105-year-old pipe organ needed an updated electrical system, a few new pipes, and console and facade repairs and overall restoration -- to the tune of $580,000.
A reed pipe comprises a metal tongue (the reed) which rests against a shallot, in which is carved a tunnel. The reed and shallot are held in place by a wooden wedge. This assembly protrudes from the underside of the block and hangs down into the boot. A tuning wire is inserted through the boot and is bent to hold the reed against the shallot.
The current restoration program, led by the Historic Organ Restoration Committee (HORC, a nonprofit 501(c) organization), is a $16 million project funded entirely by donations from charitable foundations and the general public. [24]
Hinners pipe organ at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Staplehurst, Nebraska (built 1917) Hinners Organ Company was an American manufacturer of reed and pipe organs located in Pekin, Illinois . Established in 1879 by German-American John Hinners, the firm grew through several partners, becoming Hinners & Fink in 1881, Hinners & Albertsen in 1886 ...
In 1974 Graafhuis repaired the organ. The company Flentrop reversed van Oeckelen's conversion of the Quintadena 16′ into a Bourdun 16′. Berend Veger & Winold van der Putten carried out further work in 1983 and partially restored the reed stops. Veger and van der Putten carried out another repair in 1996.
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