Better Pipe Organ Database

W. Zimmer & Sons, Inc. Opus 276 (1981)

John Wesley Free Methodist
5900 W. 46th St.
Indianapolis, IN

Images

2023-03-24 - Setter board for the organ's four General pistons, located in a drawer under the left side. (Photograph by Tom Nichols/Tom Nichols)

2023-03-24 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Tom Nichols/Tom Nichols)

2023-03-24 - Stop tabs (Photograph by Tom Nichols/Tom Nichols)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
24 stops

Chancel

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
7 stops
25 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Setterboard
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2005-04-11 - (Source: Pipe Organ Registry, prepared in 1983 for the AGO regional convention by the Indianapolis Chapter, AGO.) -Database Manager

2023-03-25 - Green indicator light for Crescendo pedal. Chimes controlled only by a rotary selector knob to the right of the stop tabs; there is no stop tab for them. Power switch via keylock under right side of keydesk. -Tom Nichols

Stoplist

Source: taken from the console March 2023

Pedal Subbass 16 (A), Principal 8 (B), Gedackt 8 (A), Octave 4 (B), Gemshorn 4 (C), Principal 2 (B), Mixture III (G), Fagott 16 (E), Trompete 8 (E)

Swell Gedackt 8 (A), Gemshorn 8 (C; #1-12 from A), Celeste (TC) 8 (D; #1-12 from A), Hohlflöte 4 (A), Principal 2 (B), Nasat 1⅓ (C), Trompete 8 (E), Tremolo

Great Principal 8 (B; #1-16 in facade), Gedackt 8 (A), Octave 4 (B), Gemshorn 4 (C), Hohlflöte 2 (A; top octave repeats), Sesquialter (TC) II (F), Mixture III (G), Trompete 8 (E), Clarion 4 (E; #50-61 from B), Chimes (21 notes, A2-F4)