2007-07-21 - Replaced George Stevens & Co. organ of 1868. -Database Manager
2015-07-13 - Cost $3,000, less $150 credit for previous 1868 George Stevens & Co. organ. -Database Manager
2023-02-27 - The Steere organ, opus 518, cost $3,000 (less the $150.00 trade allowance). The specification was drawn for the "Indiana Institution for the Education of the Blind." Action was tubular-pneumatic. Stop action was via knobs. A three-horsepower Kinetic blower for 3 ½" wind pressure was installed by the Indianapolis organ maintenance person Thomas H. Mielke in October 1915. -- *2007 OHS Atlas* -Paul R. Marchesano
Specification from <i>2007 Organ Atlas: Central Indiana Region</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Indianapolis, Indiana
School for the Blind
J.W. Steere & Son Opus 518 1903 2 manuals, 23 stops, 23 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN (Manual I, enclosed) MECHANICAL REGISTERS
8' Open Diapason 61 * (by knobs above top manual)
8' Melodia (wood) 61 Great to Pedal
8' Gamba 61 Swell to Pedal
8' Dulciana 61 Swell to Great
4' Octave 61 Great Sub Octave
4' Flute (wood) 61 Swell to Great Super Octave
2' Fifteenth 61 Tremulant ("French")
8' Trumpet 61
8' Clarinet 61 COMBINATIONS
* unenclosed (thumb pistons under Manual II)
1 "Provides Manual 1st with Piano,
SWELL ORGAN (Manual II, enclosed) Manual 2nd with Pianissimo,
16' Bourdon Treble (TC) 49 Pedal with corresponding registers"
16' Bourdon Bass (wood) 12 2 "Provides Manual 1 with Mezzoforte,
8' Open Diapason 61 Manual 2 with Piano, Pedal with
8' Stopped Diapason (wood) 61 corresponding registers"
8' Viol d'Orchestre 61 3 "Provides Manual 1 with Forte,
8' Salicional 61 Manual 2 with Mezzoforte, Pedal
8' Vox Celeste (TC) 49 with corresponding registers"
8' Aeoline 61 4 "Provides Manuals 1 and 2 with all
4' Fugara 61 registers, including Reeds and
4' Flute Harmonic 61 Pedal likewise with all registers"
2' Flautino 61 5 "'O' Escape stop for all others"
8' Oboe (TC) 49 6 "'On' To connect the stop action"
8' Bassoon (bass for Oboe) 12 7 "'Off' To disconnect the stop acdtion"
PEDAL ORGAN ACCESSORIES
16' Open Diapason (wood) 30 Swell Expression Shoe
16' Bourdon (wood) 30 Grand Crescendo Shoe, with dial of
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW 11 stages at upper right
8' Violoncello (wood) 30 Wind indicator dial
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-07-12]
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