Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - Burned in 1904. -Database Manager
2012-09-15 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- William Horatio Clarke writes in 1877, "A large Three-Manual Organ, containing 52 Draw-Stops, with Pneumatic Action. Baptistery in the Organ, and Key-Desk in the body of the Church front of pulpit, operated by Hydraulic power." This is followed by a testimonial from the Trustees of the Church. -Database Manager
2016-05-14 - The church burned to the ground January 3, 1904, due to a faulty furnace. -Database Manager
2023-01-26 - ...the church ordered a much larger organ from the local firm of William H. Clarke & Co. The instrument cost $5,000, with $2,000 allowance given for the old organ. Michael Friesen notes that it may have been the largest organ in the state to that date. The imposing case rose thirty-three feet from the floor, with the impost rising twelve feet from the pulpit platform. A detached console was provided. Action was mechanical with pneumatic assists. A water motor was provided in the church cellar. Manual compass was sixtyone notes (CC-c4); pedal was thirty notes (CC-f'). A letter in the Clarke collection of the Indiana Historical Society, dated March 28, 1876, from Wm. H. Clarke & Co. to C.J. Kent, Esq. (no location given), states that the Baptist Church organ had most of its expense taken in building as much organ as possible, with little attention to the case, which the writer called a "skeleton case." The organ was expected in November 1874 but was not completed until the following January. An inaugural concert was held on Tuesday evening, January 12, with Walter H. Reade and Clarke at the console. The Choral Union performed works conducted by J.S. Black. The debt was not retired until 1881. Among the organists to play this instrument for Sundays were the builder, Mr. Reade, Mr. Emerson, Minnie Diener, and Mr. Preston. In 1895 the pulpit area and the organ were rebuilt. Who carried out the work on the organ is unknown. The following year a set of chimes was added to the organ, the gift of E.C. Avery. -- *2007 OHS Atlas* -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist copied from <i>OHS Organ Atlas 2007</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Indianapolis, Indiana
First Baptist Church
Wm. H. Clarke & Co. 1975 3/39
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GREAT MANUALE SWELL MANUALE
16' Full Bourdon 61 16' Bourdon Bass
8' Open Diapason 61 16' Lieblich Bourdon Treble 61
8' Viola da Gamba 61 8' Open Diapason 61
8' Doppel Flote 61 8' Stopped Diapason Bass
6' Quint Flote 61 8' Flauto Amabile 61
4' Octave 61 8' Salicional 61
4' Wald Flute 61 8' Aeoline 61
3' Nasard 61 4' Violin 61
2' Doublette 61 4' Flute Harmonique 61
III Clear Mixture 183 2' Flageolet 61
8' Cornopean 61 II Echo Cornet 122
8' Bassoon
CHOIR MANUALE 8' Oboe 61
8' Vox Humana 61
8' Geigen Principal 61 Tremolo
8' Gedeckt 61
8' Melodia 61 PEDALE CLAVIER
8' Dulciana 61
4' Flute d'Amour 61 16' Open Diapason 30
4' Fugaro 61 16' Bourdon Sub Bass 30
2' Piccolo 61 10 2/3' Stopped Quint 30
8' Clarionet 61 8' Flote 30
Tremolo 8' Violoncello 30
4' Super Octave 30
Pedals at Octaves
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