Note: Not playable. (in this location)
2005-04-04 - Renovated in 1979 by Goulding & Wood. (Source: Pipe Organ Registry, prepared in 1983 for the AGO regional convention by the Indianapolis Chapter, AGO.) -Database Manager
2009-03-15 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Renovated by Goulding & Wood in 1979 and replaced in 2007 by 4/90 Casavant Op. 3856. -Database Manager
2023-02-14 - Alterations to the organ were numerous and frequent, beginning nearly immediately after it was finished. John Schleigh of the Moller firm was dispatched to Indianapolis in the spring of 1954 to soften the voicing of the Swell principal chorus and portions of the Great and Choir divisions. The Positiv division, placed on the rear wall of the nave, proved to be so unsatisfactory that Moller agreed to pay half the cost of relocating the Sesquialtera and Zimbel to the front organ. In 1962 the remaining Positiv ranks were relocated to the front, and display pipes from stored ranks were placed on the Positiv chest for cosmetic reasons. Other ranks in storage completely disappeared. A 16' Fagot was added to the Pedal division the year preceding. Also, the Choir enclosure shades were removed, particularly so that the Great 16' Quintaton would be unenclosed. At a later date the shades were reinstalled. The Swell 8' Trornpette and Choir 8' Krummhorn were exchanged. A Swell string rank (the Echo Salicional?) was deemed "useless" and cut to 2⅔' pitch, declared unsuccessful, and removed entirely. A similar trick performed on the 8' Gemshorn Celeste yielded the same result. A new 1⅓' rank was installed instead. -- *2007 OHS Atlas* -Paul R. Marchesano
Source: 2007 OHS Atlas
GREAT ORGAN (Manual II, 4" wind pressure) Quintaton 16 (enclosed in Choir, scale 44, halve on 19th, 24 zinc basses, remainder spotted metal, 61 pipes), Diapason 8 (scale 47, halve on 17th, 12 zinc basses, remainder spotted metal, 61 pipes), Bourdon 8 (scale 50, halve on 20th, 12 zinc basses, remainder spotted metal, 61 pipes), Principal 4 (scale 58, halve on 18th, spotted metal, 61 pipes), Rohrflöte 4 (scale 58, halve on 20th, spotted metal, 61 pipes), Quint 2⅔ (scale 66, halve on 18th, spotted metal, 61 pipes), Super Octave 2 (scale 70, halve on 18th, spotted metal, 61 pipes), Fourniture III ("3-R-2," halve on 17th, spotted metal, 183 pipes), Tremolo, Carillonic Bells (existing Schulmerich bells, with Choir expression shoe)
SWELL ORGAN (Manual III, enclosed, 4" wind pressure) Rohrflöte 8 (scale 54, halve on 20th, 12 zinc basses, remainder spotted metal, 61 pipes), Viole de Gambe 8 (scale 52, halve on 17th, 12 zinc basses, remainder spotted metal, 61 pipes), Viole Celeste 8 (scale 54, halve on 17th, 12 zinc basses, remainder spotted metal, 61 pipes), Echo Salicional 8 (scale 60, halve on 17th, 12 zinc basses, remainder spotted metal, 61 pipes), Fugara 4 (scale 60, ¾ taper, halve on 18th, spotted metal, 61 pipes), Nachthorn 2 (scale 70, halve on 20th, open, spotted metal, 61 pipes), Scharf III ("3-R," halve on 18th, spotted metal, 183 pipes), Clarinet 16 (1¾" scale, 61 pipes), Trompette 8 (2½" scale, 61 pipes), Schalmei 4 (1¼" scale, 6r pipes)
CHOIR ORGAN (Manual I, enclosed, 4" wind pressure) Gedeckt 8 (scale 56, halve on 20th, 12 zinc basses, remainder spotted metal, 61 pipes), Gemshorn 8 (scale 52, ⅓ taper, halve on 17th, 12 zinc basses, remainder spotted metal, 61 pipes), Gemshorn Celeste 8 (scale 52, ⅓ taper, halve on 17th, 12 zinc basses, remainder spotted metal, 61 pipes), Principal 4 (scale 62, halve on 17th, spotted metal, 61 pipes), Flute Harmonic 4 (scale 60, "Reg," spotted metal, 61 pipes), Nasat 2⅔ (scale 66, ⅔ taper, halve on 20th, spotted metal, 61 pipes), Blockflöte 2 (scale 70, ¾ taper, halve on 20th, spotted metal, 61 pipes), Krummhorn 8 (1" scale, 61 pipes), Tremolo, Carillonic Bells (from Great)
GREAT-POSITIV ORGAN (Manual II, 3½" wind pressure) Quintaton 8 (scale 56, halve on 20th, capped, 12 zinc basses, remainder spotted metal, 61 pipes), Koppelflöte 4 (scale 64, halve on 20th, spotted metal, 61 pipes), Blockflöte 2 (scale 70, ¾ taper, halve on 20th, spotted metal, 61 pipes), Sesquialtera II (17th scale 76, 19th scale 80 with ¾ taper, halve on 18th, spotted metal, 122 pipes), Zimbel II (26th scale 92 with ¾ taper, 29th scale 95, halve on 17th, spotted metal, 122 pipes), Tremolo
CHOIR-POSITIV ORGAN (Manual I) Quintaton 8 (from Great-Positiv), Koppelflöte 4 (from Great-Positiv), Blockflöte 2 (from Great-Positiv), Sesquialtera II (from Great-Positiv), Zimbel II (from Great-Positiv), Tremolo
PEDAL ORGAN (4" wind pressure) Subbass 16 ("Large Ped. Bdn., Low Lip, Large Ears," wood, 32 pipes), Quintaton 16 (from Great), Spitzprinzipal 8 (scale 44, ¾ taper, halve on 18th, 12 zinc basses, remainder common metal, 44 pipes), Gedeckt 8 ("Reg. Man. Bdn.," wood, 56 pipes), Prinzipal 4 (extension, 8' Spitzprinzipal), Gedeckt 4 (extension, 8' Gedeckt), Gedeckt 2 (extension, 8' Gedeckt), Fourniture IV (draws 4' Prinzipal, 96 pipes), Clarinet 16 (from Swell, 16' Clarinet)
COUPLERS (by rocking tablets above Manual III) Great to Pedal 8, 4, Swell to Pedal 8, 4, Choir to Pedal 8, 4, Swell to Great 16, 8, 4, Choir to Great 16, 8, 4, Choir 16, Unison Separation, 4, Swell to Choir 16, 8, 4, Swell 16, Unison Separation, 4, Great to Swell, Choir to Swell, Great Off/Positiv On, Choir Off/Positiv On
Stoplist Copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Indianapolis, Indiana
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Möller Op. 8539 1953 3/36
According to the announcement in the April 1953
issue of THE DIAPASON, "it is possible that a
Positiv division of five sets will be included in
the finished instrument." [It didn't happen.]
[ed. 2023-02-14 according to the 2007 OHS Atlas it did happen - see notes and other stoplist specification.]
GREAT SWELL
16' Quintaton 61 8' Rohrflöte 61
8' Diapason 61 8' Viole-de-Gambe 61
8' Bourdon 61 8' Viole Celeste 61
4' Principal 61 8' Echo Salicional 61
4' Rohrflöte 61 4' Fugara 61
2 2/3' Quint 61 2' Nachthorn 61
2' Super Octave 61 III Scharf 183
III Fourniture 183 16' Clarinet 61
Tremolo 8' Trompette 61
Carillonic Bells 4' Schalmei 61
(present Schulmerich) Tremolo
Sub
CHOIR Unison off
8' Gedeckt 61 Super
8' Gemshorn 61
8' Gemshorn Celeste 61 PEDAL
4' Principal 61 16' Subbass 32
4' Flute Harmonic 61 16' Quintaton GT
2 2/3' Nasat 61 8' Spitzprinzipal 32
2' Blockflöte 61 8' Gedeckt 32
8' Krummhorn 61 4' Prinzipal 12
Tremolo 4' Gedeckt 12
Sub 2' Gedeckt 12
Unison Off IV Fourniture 96 **
Super 16' Clarinet SW
Carillonic Bells ** also plays 4' Prinzipal
[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 15, 2009.]
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