Where can I find info on Hillgreen-Lane,and more specifically an opus list?
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Re: Hillgreen Lane
Robert Hillgreen was a kindly old soul who ran a decent shop. The communities in the midwest closest to his facilities had many of his basic
2-manual organs. Here is one from the teens that was rebuilt slightly by a small outfit ;located in an RC institution but not playable at this time:
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open diapason 8
grosse flute 8
viola 8
dulciana 8
harmonic flute 4
flageolet 2
swell
bourdon 16
open diapason 8
gedeckt 8
viol d orch 8
vox celeste 8
aeoline 8
rohr flute 4
oboe 8
vox humana 8
pedal
cathedral bourdon 16
lieblich gedeckt 16
grosse flute 8
dolce 8
When this organ was playable it was a sweet sound and not ponderous or opaque.
Around 1949 a former voicer from Aeolian-Skinner came to Hillgreens and worked as tonal director and began producing decent-sounding
organs quite similar in tone and design to G Donald Harrison.
Here's one for a Methodist installation that re-used old pipes integrated into a modern mid-50s specification:
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quintaton 16
diapason 8
hohlflute 8
octave 4
fourniture III-IV
swell
geigen diapason 8
rohrflute 8
salicional 8
voix celeste 8
spitzflute 4
chalumeau 16
trumpet 8
hautbois 4
choir
viola 8
stopped diapason 8
dulciana 8
spillflute 4
nasat 2-2/3
flageolet 2
terz 1-3/5
pedal
soubasse 32
contrabass 16
quintaton 16
lieblich gedeckt 16
octave 8
quintaton 8
gedeckt 8
quint 5-1/3
super octave 4
cor de nuit 4
klein gedeckt 4
flute 2
harmonics II
chalumeau 16
Again a very sweet organ in a dry acoustic and very successful none-the-less.
A good flue voicer was on staff in the 70s and the firm was on-board with the trend of more brilliance brought about by the neo-classic movement.
Hillgreens obtained all of the reeds from Schopp's located across the street there.
When Robert Hillgreen Sr passed the Son decided to simply close.
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Re: Hillgreen Lane
While all this info is nice, and I do appreciate it, I was hoping someone might know where I could find an opus list for Hillgreen-Lane, so I repeat my earlier question, where might I find an opus list for Hillgreen_Lane.
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try this on for sizeit may or may not be completethe oinstrument listed near the top by Opus number at Zion Lutheran Church Akron Ohio was the first pipe organ I ever saw - and I played it many times as a student - typical, instrument of its time but really not a thrill to play.Still being played, tooGoogle zion lutheran church akron ohiohttp://organsociety.bsc.edu/OrganSearch06A.php?BuilderID=2787
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this may be the second time you get tyis replyhere is a list I found - from the Organ Historical Societythis list may or may no be completeLooks ike sometimes there is some info butno sop list - once in a while photoshttp://organsociety.bsc.edu/OrganSearch06A.php?BuilderID=2787
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