OHS convention: 2007
2007-11-22 - Identified through information in the <i>2007 Organ Atlas</i>. Relocated from St. Paul German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Richmond, Indiana. -Database Manager
2014-03-24 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- <em>The Diapason</em>, March 2014 describes complete restoration of the instrument by M.P.Rathke -Database Manager
2014-05-08 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager
2014-05-24 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager
2017-06-26 - Updated by Timothy E. Conyers, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>The instrument had some restoration work done in 2000 and was featured in a piano & organ patriotic concert on July 4, 2000, to a packed sanctuary. <br>This organ was part of the OHS 2007 convention tour of central Indiana. <br>In 2014, the pipe chamber room was renovated. All pipes and parts were removed, cleaned and repaired by Michael Rathke of Spiceland, Indiana, and then reinstalled. <br><br>NOTE: The town is known locally as both Pershing and East Germantown. The name was changed to Pershing due to the political climate prior to and during World War I and World War II. The town is now officially listed as East Germantown and is the name found on State maps. This has caused confusion to non-residents of the county. Records of the church are under both names. The instrument is listed on this database under both town names for understandable reasons but with slightly different information. -Database Manager
2023-01-17 - **Updated through online information from Timothy E. Conyers, September 27, 2012** -- The following article appeared in the: WESTERN WAYNE NEWS August 29, 2012 Page 16, column 3 Volume 21, No. 51 Published at Cambridge City, Wayne County, Indiana. ZION'S YEARS NUMBER 190 Zion's Lutheran congregation at East Germantown will be celebrating its 190th year on Sunday, November 4. Former pastors and members are invited to return for the 10:30 worship and the fellowship dinner at 12:30 followed by a 2 p.m. program called "Celebrating the Years." Chair persons have been named for the task forces...[omitted here for privacy of the individuals named.] The Bishop of the Indiana-Kentucky Synod is expected to attend. Zion's is the longest established congregation in Indiana, having been formed in 1822. The organ room renovation has been completed, so the installation of the historic tracker pipe organ is expected to begin before the first of September. All pieces and parts of the organ have been repaired and cleaned over the past three months by Mike Rathke of Spiceland and his crew. ... Some of the 1900 stenciling around the ceiling of the organ room was preserved, and photographs were taken of all stenciling in that area. The room was originally used as a Sunday School room and has a rectangular stained-glass window of the same colors and design as the Gothic style window in the north entry. When the organ was purchased in 1933, the ceiling of the room was removed to make room for the tall organ. Major reconstruction of the brick wall with a steel I-beam barely made room for the organ installation back then." -Paul R. Marchesano
Typed stoplist (Source: The Diapason, March 2014) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
East Germantown, Indiana
Zion Lutheran Church
M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 188, 1897
M.P. Möller, 1933 - Relocated and modified
M.P. Rathke, 2013 - Restoration
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GREAT
8 Ft Open Diapason 61 1-6 zinc inside, 7-16 zinc facade, rest spotted metal side, slotted to #49
8 Ft Doppel Flute 61 stopped wood, 1-12 single mouth, 14-49 double, rest open wood
8 Ft Dulciana 61 1-4 stopped wood inside, 5-12 zinc facade, rest spotted metal, slotted to #49
8 Ft Gamba (TC) 49 13-61 open spotted metal insde, slotted to #49
4 Ft Octave 61 1-4 zinc facade, 5-7 zinc inside, rest spotted metal inside, slotted to #42
2-2/3 Ft Twelfth 61 spotted metal, slotted to #37
2 Ft Fifteenth 61 spotted metal, slotted to #37
SWELL (Expressive)
16 Ft Bourdon Treble 49 13-61 stopped wood inside Swell box
16 Ft Bourdon Bass 12 1-12 stopped wood outside Swell box
8 Ft Violin Diapason 61 1-12 stopped wood outside Swell box
8 Ft Gedeckt 61 1-61 stopped wood
8 Ft Aeoline 61 1-12 stopped zinc, 13-61 open spotted metal, slotted throughout
4 Ft Violina 61 1-6 open zinc, slotted; 7-61 open spotted metal, slotted throughout
4 Ft Harmonic Flute 61 1-6 zinc, 7-24 spotted metal, open and slotted to #24, harmonic from #25
8 Ft Oboe (treble) 49 13-49 double taper, zinc stems & spotted metal bells to #24, 24-49 spotted
metal stems and bells, 49-61 open spotted metal flues
8 Ft Bassoon (bass) 12 1-12 double taper, zinc stems and spotted metal bells
PEDAL
16 Ft Bourdon 30 1-30 stopped wood
8 Ft Flute 30 1-30 open wood
COUPLERS PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Great to Pedal Swell Expression (bal.)
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Great FOOT TRUNDLES
Swell Piano & Forte pedals
ACCESSORIES Great Piano & Forte pedals
Bellows Signal (now On/Off switch)
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2014-05-22]From 2007 convention program Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Zion Lutheran Church, East Germantown, IN Ca. 1898 M.P. Moller Opus 188 Great: 8' Open Diapason 8' Doppel Flute 8' Gamba 8' Dulciana 4' Octave 2-2/3' Twelfth 2' Fifteenth Swell: 16' Bourdon Bass 16' Bourdon Treble 8' Violin Diapason 8' Gedeckt 8' Flute 8' Aeoline 4' Violina 4' Harmonic Flute 8' Oboe Tremolo Pedal: 16' Bourdon [Received from Connor Annable 2011-08-31.]
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