Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2020-05-06 - Identified through online information from parish historian, Richard Gotshall. -- The Hall organ was originally installed in Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Franklin, Indiana. Grace moved to a new building at the east edge of the city in 1965 but left the organ at the old church, which was sold. The church that took over the former Grace didn't use the organ and used the console to make a new pulpit. In 1985, the pieces were purchased and moved to the new church. Cave Pipe Organ Co. of Carmel, Ind., handled the renovation and reinstallation. When the old organ was dismantled to be replaced by a digital pipe organ, the pipes were sold piecemeal to whoever would buy them. Four ranks of polished metal pipes were retained and are visible in the sanctuary, giving the effect that the organ is a true pipe organ. Before the sale, I went into the pipe loft and selected three large wooden pipes. I then mounted that together and hung them as a sculpture in a niche in the church along with a history of the organ and a list of all organists since the early 1900s. -Jim Stettner
Source: Stoplist recorded by Cave Organ Co. in a document in church archives 1985
Franklin, Indiana
Grace United Methodist Church
HALL ORGAN CO., Opus 592, 1931-32
Cave Pipe Organ Co., 1985 - Reinstallation & New Console
GREAT (Expressive?) SWELL (Expressive)
16' Bourdon 61 ◘ 16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 ○
8' Diapason 61 ♦ 8' Horn Diapason 61
8' Clarabella 61 8' Gedeckt 61 ○
8' Erzahler 61 8' Salicional 61
4' Octave 12 ♦ 8' Vox Celeste (tc) 49
4' Flute Harmonic 61 8' Aeoline 61
8' Tuba 61 4' Flute d'Amour 12 ○
Tremolo 2-2/3' Nazard 7 ○
Chimes (20) 2' Piccolo 5 ○
blank [Harp prep] 8' Oboe 61
8' Vox Humana 61
Great to Great 16' Tremolo
Great Unison Off
Great to Great 4' Swell to Swell 16'
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4'
CHOIR (Duplexed from Great)
8' Diapason (Gt) –-
8' Concert Flute (Gt) –- PEDAL
8' Dulciana (Gt) –- 16' Diapason 32
4' Flute Traverse (Gt) –- 16' Bourdon (Gt) –- ◘
8' Clarinet [prep] ?? 16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) –- ○
Tremolo 8' Gross Flute (Gt) –- ◘
8' Dolce Flute (Sw) –- ○
Choir to Choir 16'
Choir Unison Off
Choir to Choir 4'
COUPLERS FINGER PISTONS
Swell to Pedal 8,4 Undocumented
Great to Pedal 8
Choir to Pedal 8
TOE STUDS
Swell to Great 16,8,4 Undocumented
Choir to Great 16,8,4
Swell to Choir 16,8,4 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
Gt/Ch Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
ACTION: E-P VOICES: 14 STOPS: 28 RANKS: 14 PIPES: 854
NOTES
The Hall organ was originally installed in Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in
downtown Franklin, Indiana. It was free-standing and recessed into a niche at
the front of the church with a case front having decorated façade pipes.
Grace moved to a new building at the east edge of the city in 1965 but left the
organ at the old church, which was sold. The church that took over the former
Grace didn't use the organ and used the console to make a new pulpit.
In 1985, the pieces were purchased and moved to the new church. Cave Pipe Organ
Co. of Carmel, Ind., handled the renovation and re-installation which included
a new drawknob console.
According to parish historian, Richard Gottshall - when the old organ was dis-
mantled to be replaced by a digital pipe organ, the pipes were sold piecemeal
to whoever would buy them. Four ranks of polished metal pipes were retained
and are visible in the sanctuary, giving the effect that the organ is a true
pipe organ. Before the sale, he went into the pipe loft and selected three
large wooden pipes. He then mounted them together and hung them as a sculpture
in a niche in the church along with a history of the organ and a list of all
organists since the early 1900s.
Sources: Parish historian, Richard Gottshall; OHS Database photos
Grace United Methodist Church
1300 E Adams Dr.
Franklin, IN 46131
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