Indiana Theatre
136 W. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
1970-08-12 - Building Exterior (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)
1970-08-12 - Auditorium Interior and Stage (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)
1970-08-12 - Console (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)
1970-08-12 - Detail of West Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)
1970-08-12 - West Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)
1970-08-12 - East Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Console on Lift
- 3 manuals
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Notes
2011-12-19 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The website for the organ says it now has 18 ranks, but the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE ORGAN, Volume I, by David Junchen, says it had 17 ranks at installation in the 3,200-seat Indiana Theatre; removed from the theater in 1990 by the Central Indiana Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society and rebuilt and restored by them prior to its installation in the Warren Performing Arts Center in Indianapolis in 1997. -Database Manager
2018-07-30 - Information from <i>Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. I</i> by David L. Junchen. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985.<br>
"228 organ"<br> -Database Manager
2023-03-01 - The contradiction in number of ranks has not been resolved. Photos and documentation from the Indiana ATOS website for the Warren Center for the Performing Arts suggests that all ranks are original. One photo shows a Tibia on its own unit chest installed at an angle in the corner of a chamber. It is possible this was an addition when Carlton Smith and the Indiana Chapter restored and installed the organ. The stoplist given in the *2007 OHS Atlas* lists 18 ranks with pipe counts in the 1927 specification, although the text states that it was 17 ranks. The Atlas identifies the Junchen book asa one of its sources. The stoplist is copied here from that volume as presented. -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist
The specification lists 18 ranks, although the organ was reported as being 17 ranks. Source: 2007 OHS Atlas
MAIN CHAMBER Tuba 16 (85 pipes), Diaphonic Diapason 16 (85 pipes, 16' wood Diaphone exposed), Tibia Clausa 8 (73 pipes), Clarinet 8 (61 pipes), Viole d'Orchestre 8 (85 pipes), Viole Celeste I 8 (73 pipes), Viole Celeste II 8 (61 pipes), Oboe Horn 8 (61 pipes), Concert Flute 16 (97 pipes), Vox Humana 8 (73 pipes), Chrysoglott (37 notes), Trap Counter:, Bird Song (on Chrysoglott), Steamboat Whistle, Fire Gong, Acme Siren, Auto Horn, Triangle
SOLO CHAMBER English Post Horn 8, Trumpet 8, Solo Tibia Clausa 16, Kinura 8, Orchestral Oboe 8, Saxophone 16, Solo Strings [sic] 16, Solo Vox Humana 8, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Wood Harp, Chimes, Piano, Trap Counter:, Tambourine, Castanets, Woodblock, Bird Song, Tom-Tom, Cymbal, Trap Counter:, Bass Drum, Kettle Drum, Crash Cymbal
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