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Wm. A. Johnson Opus 149 (1864)

First Baptist Church
Pennsylvania and New York Streets
Indianapolis, IN

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


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2007-11-22 - Identified through information in the <i>2007 Organ Atlas</i>. -Database Manager

2023-01-26 - The congregation's first known pipe organ, William A. Johnson opus 149, a two-manual, twenty-six-register organ, cost $5,000. Sanctuary and organ were dedicated on May 4, 1864. A collection at a special organ concert netted $408.00. A scant ten years later the church ordered a much larger organ from the local firm of William H. Clarke & Co. -- *2007 OHS Atlas* -Paul R. Marchesano


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