Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2007-07-21 - Identified through information in the <i>2007 Organ Atlas</i>: In use until 1903. Replaced by Steere & Son Opus 518. Steere took the Stevens organ in trade for $150 credit and sold it for the same price to to F.E. Stevens of Indianapolis. -Database Manager
2015-07-13 - According to the <i>Indianapolis Sentinel</i> (April 12, 1868): "It has twenty-eight stops, is thirteen feet wide, fifteen feet deep, and eighteen feet six inches high. It is the largest organ in the city." ["twenty-eight stops" probably included mechanical accessories as well as speaking stops.] -Database Manager
2023-02-27 - "George Stevens & Co. of East Cambridge, Massachusetts, built the first pipe organ in the school at a cost, including installation, of $2,000..." --- *2007 OHS Atlas* -Paul R. Marchesano
Specification from <i>2007 Organ Atlas: Central Indiana Region</i> Source: 2007 Organ Atlas Date not recorded
Indianapolis, Indiana
School for the Blind
George Stevens & Co. 1868
2 manuals, 17 stops, 18 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN
16' Open Diapason 58
8' Open Diapason 58
8' Melodia (wood) 58
8' Dulciana 58
4' Principal 58
2 2/3' Twelfth 58
2' Fifteenth 58
Mixture Cornet II 116
8' Clarionet 58
SWELL ORGAN (enclosed)
8' Open Diapason 58
8' Stopped Diapason (wood) 58
8' Viola di Gamba 58
8' Aeoline 58
4' Violina 58
2' Flautino 58
8' Oboe (TC) 46
PEDAL ORGAN
16' Dbl. Open Diapson (wood) 27
16' Bourdon (wood) 27
MECHANICAL REGISTERS
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Great
Swell Tremolo
PEDAL MOVEMENT
Balanced Swell Pedal
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-07-12]
[corrected with information from 2007 OHS Atlas 2023-02-16]
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