Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2007-07-21 - Identified through information in the <i>2007 Organ Atlas</i>: Relocation and rebuilding of 1937 Kilgen from the earlier building at Vermont and Pennsylvania; installed here in chancel chambers; replaced by Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1490 (1968) and relocated to St. Andrew Presbyterian. -Database Manager
2012-09-30 - Updated through online information from Timothy E. Conyers. -- "Lives Touched By Faith, Second Presbyterian Church 150 Years," A history of the congregation published in 1987 by George W. Geith, indicates the Kilgen organ was not kept intact after the move into the current building. It seems that a portion of the Kilgen organ was placed in the chapel and the remainder in the sanctuary. "To the north and west of the main sanctuary, a wing of the new building incorporated a smaller Gothic chapel of about 240 seats...To the front, organ pipes from the old church framed the main roundel depicting Christ sharing the Lord's Prayer with his disciples." (p.144). Then on page 156, in describing the replacement of the Kilgen organ in the sanctuary, "A new organ was installed in the rear of the church to replace the Kilgen organ brought from the Vermont Street church, which had proved inadequate to the size of the new building and whose placement had been a matter of controversy." The book includes a photograph of the chapel Kilgen pipe facade on page 188. The same photo appears on page 21 of a booklet describing the church architecture entitled, "Architecture and Symbolism of Second Presbyterian Church." (No publication date). In this latter work the photo caption reads, "Framed by the pipes of the old Kilgen organ brought from the downtown church, the[chapel rose]window depicts Christ teaching...the Lord's Prayer." The chapel organ was replaced in 1974 by a Casavant organ. However the old pipe facade, which was located above the altar and surround the chapel rose window, remained in place until sometime after the 1980's. I have a wedding photo taken in 1985 of this old pipe facade. -Database Manager
Stoplist from <i>2007 Organ Atlas: Central Indiana Region</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Indianapolis, Indiana
Second Presbyterian Church
E.H. Holloway Corporation 1959 4 manuals, 59 stops, 73 ranks
Rebuild and move of 1937 Geo. Kilgen & Son organ, opus 5923
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Gemshorn 73 16' Lieblich Bourdon 73
8' Principal 61 8' Geigen Principal 73
8' Rohrflöte 61 8' Gedackt 73
8' Gemshorn (fr. 16') -- 8' Salicional 73
4' Octave 61 8' Voix Celeste 73
4' Holzgedeckt 61 4' Geigen Octave 73
2' Super Octave 61 4' Flute Triangular [sic] 73
Fourniture IV 244 2' Flautino 61
Acuta III 183 Plein Jeu III 183
8' Bombarde 73 16' Fagott 73
8' Trompet 73
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Hautboy 73
8' Viola Pomposa 73 4' Klarine 73
8' Concert Flute 73 Tremolo
8' Dulciana 73
8' Unda Maris 73 PEDAL ORGAN
4' Flute Couverte 73 16' Contrebass 32
2 2/3' Nazard 61 16' Principal 32
2' Blockflöte 61 16' Bourdon 32
1 3/5' Tierce 61 16' Gemshorn GT
8' Clarinet 73 16' Lieblich Bourdon SW
8' Vox Humana 73 8' Octave 32
Tremolo 8' Gedeckt Pommer 32
8' Gemshorn GT
POSITIF ORGAN 5 1/3' Quinte 32
8' Quintaton 61 4' Choral Basse 32
4' Principal 61 4' Querflöte 32
4' Koppelflöte 61 2' Nachthorn 32
2' Octave 61 Mixture IV 128
1 1/3' Kleine Nasat 61 16' Bombarde (ext) GT
1' Sifflöte 61 16' Fagott SW
Zimbel III 183 8' Trumpet (GT Bombarde) GT
8' Schalmei 61 4' Clarion (GT Bombarde) GT
GALLERY ORGAN
16' Violone 61
8' Principal 61
8' Spitzflöte 61
4' Oktaf [sic] 61
4' Rohrflöte 61
2 2/3' Quinte 61
2' Oktaf 61
Mixtur III 183
8' Trompette en Chamade 61
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-07-12]
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