The original pipe organ was built by the Hinners Organ Co. of Pekin, IL.
It was a tracker-action instrument of 7 ranks: Great 8' Open Diapason, 8'
Melodia, and 8' Dulciana; Swell 8' Stopped Diapason, 8' Salicional, and 4'
Harmonic Flute; and Pedal 16' Bourdon. The organ was placed across the
front of the chancel and recessed into an alcove. The case was of quarter-
sawn oak, and the façade contained 57 pipes including the first 27 of the
Great 8' Open Diapason. The keydesk was attached and projecting.

In 1958, the organ was rebuilt, electrified, and enlarged by Balcom and
Vaughan of Seattle. The Swell 4' Harmonic Flute was omitted from the
Swell, and an 8' Oboe and 8' Voix Celeste were added. A new 4' Octave was
added to the Great. A new B & V console with Klann couplers and combination
action controlled the instrument which was placed behind the original
façade. The chimes were prepared for, and were added later.

By 1984, the organ was suffering from electrical problems. The church got
bids from different companies, including Balcom and Vaughan, who had
electrified the organ in 1958. Ultimately, the church chose to have the
firm of Casavant-Frères, Ltée. of Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., Canada build a
new organ retaining some of the existing pipework from the original 1912
Hinners. The new organ was to be installed behind the original Hinners
façade. The entire instrument was shipped to the Casavant factory in 1984.
It was returned to the church after 13 months of work in September of
1985, and it took four people 2½, 6-day weeks to complete the re-
installation, which was then followed by two weeks of tonal regulation and
finishing by two Casavant voicers. The project cost $127,000.00, and the
organ was rededicated on Friday, May 15, 1986 by Joan Ringerwole,
professor of Organ at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa where church
Choir Director John D. Maas had attended.

The Hoofdwerk 8' Prestant borrows its first 12 notes from the Pedal 8'
Prestant. The Zwelwerk 8' Gemshoorn borrows its bottom 12 notes from the
8' Holpijp. The entire Pedal 8' Praestant /4' Octaaf unit are the original
Hinners Open Diapason pipes, mostly in the façade. The Zwelwerk 8' Holpijp
is the original Hinners Swell 8' Stopped Diapason. The Pedal 16' Subbass
is composed of original Hinners pipes: 1-12 are the original 16' Bourdon,
and notes 13-24 are the original Great Melodia bass. The Great Glocken are
a set of used Deagan chimes added by John D. Maas in 1996.

Sources: Eugene M. Nye lists; Balcom and Vaughan opus list and files;
         newspaper article from the Lynden Tribune, John Maas; JRS;
         extant organ.

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2011-10-26.]