2007-07-22 - Rebuild of 1899 Wm. Schuelke organ, re-using case and pipes, but replacing chests and console -Database Manager
2007-07-31 - Photographs are accessible through the entry on the 2001 rebuild. -Database Manager
2023-02-14 - The Schuelke organ was rebuilt in 1940 by the Wicks Organ Company of Highland, Illinois, as its opus 2147, also of two manuals. Correspondence in the Wicks files indicates that competition for the contract was with Henry Pilcher's Sons of Louisville, Kentucky. When the pastor, the Reverend Ephrem Muench, met with Bishop Joseph E. Ritter to seek his permission for Wicks to do the work, Ritter insisted that Pilcher be given full consideration for the job. (Pilcher had finished rebuilding the Felgemaker organ in Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in 1936, as chronicled elsewhere in this volume.) Father Ephrem stated to the ordinary that his fan1iliarity with a Wicks project at a Franciscan church in Teutopolis, Illinois (likely Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, opus 606, 1926), was sufficient evidence for him that Wicks was the proper choice for Sacred Heart. A memorandum to C.J. Zimmermann in Highland from Wicks's Indianapolis agent H.M. Anderson, dated March 19, 1940, recounts a fascinating situation where the Franciscan pastor and the bishop struggled over authority. The bishop was accustomed to having full authority over the churches in his diocese, and the Franciscan pastor did not wish to have a local bishop command who should rebuild the organ in the church owned and staffed by his order. Of special interest: "The specifications are going to be sent to one of the Fathers at Quincy [Illinois] for approval. . . . The Bishop suggested that the specifications be submitted to the [Diocesan] Music Comn1ission, but Father Ephrem replied that the Order has some very good authorities on organ [sic] and that he would prefer to submit them to their own authorities." The proposal from Pilcher was dated March 19. Still, Wicks won the contract for the price of $6,295.00. -- *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 Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church Wicks Organ Company Opus 2147 1940 2 manuals, 23 stops, 27 ranks _____________________________________________________________________________________ GREAT ORGAN (enclosed) SWELL ORGAN (enclosed) 16' Open Diapason * (TC) -- a 16' Lieblich Bourdon 97 8' Open Diapason * 61 8' Violin Diapason 73 8' Second Open Diapason * 61 8' Stopped Flute (fr. Bdn) -- 8' Doppel Flute 61 8' Salicional 85 d 8' Melodia 61 8' Voix Celeste (TC) 61 n 8' Gamba 61 8' Aeoline 73 8' Dulciana 85 b 4' Flute Harmonic 73 8' Gemshorn 61 n 4' Violina (fr. Salicional) -- 4' Principal * 61 2 2/3' Nazard (fr. Bourdon) -- 4' Concert Flute 61 2' Piccolo (fr. Bourdon) -- 2 2/3' Dulciana Twelfth (ext) -- Dolce Cornet III 183 2' Dulciana Fifteenth (ext) -- 8' Cornopean 73 Mixture III * 183 8' Oboe 73 8' Trumpet * 61 c Tremolo Tremolo Swell to Swell 16' Great to Great 16' Swell Unison Silent Great Unison Silent Swell to Swell 4' Great to Great 4' * unenclosed PEDAL ORGAN 16' Open Diapason 32 16' Sub Bass 32 16' Lieblich Bourdon SW a from Second Open Diapason 8' Octave (Open Diap) GT b 24 new treble pipes 8' Bass Flute (Doppel Fl) GT c new tongues and eschallots 8' Cello (Gamba) GT d 24 new treble pipes 8' Flauto Dolce (Lieb Bdn) SW n new pipes 16' Trombone 32 PEDAL MOVEMENTS & ACCESSORIES COUPLERS Great to Pedal Reversible Great to Pedal 8 4 (thumb & toe) Swell to Pedal 8 4 Combination Set Pedal to Pedal 4 Balanced Swell Pedal Swell to Great 16 8 4 Balanced Great Pedal Balanced Crescendo Pedal ("drawing ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS all stops but reeds, mixtures, 5 Great pistons and Cancel and couplers," with indicator) 5 Swell pistons and Cancel Sforzando 1 ("drawing full organ 5 Pedal pistons and Cancel except for super and sub couplers, General Cancel and trumpet," with indicator) Pedal to Great pistons on/off Sforando 2 ("drawing full organ," Pedal to Swell pistons on/off with indicator) Wind indicator [Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-07-14]
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