William Evans
1867ca.

From the 1993 OHS Handbook: "When the present owner first obtained the organ, much of the pipework was missing or damaged, and Louisville organbuilder Sam Bowerman replaced it in the course of renovating the instrument. The Open Diapason 8' from D# 28 to the top is from Henry Pilcher's Sons Op. 154, 1879, built for the Green Street Baptist Church in Louisville. The entire 2' stop is from the same instrument; the replacement is a Flageolet rather than a Fifteenth. The 8' string is also a replacement set, using recycled pipes substituted in the 1970's. The Open Diapason 8' borrows notes 1-7 from the Stop Dia. Bass; notes 8-12 are independent and of stopped wood. The Stop Dia. Treble 8' has two stopped wood pipes; the rest of the set is a common metal chimney flute. Notes 1-7 of the Principal 4' are in the center flat of the case; the side flats house half-round wooden pipes. The case pipes, now stencilled, were originally gilded."

Updated through on-line information from Dan Stokes. -- This instrument was moved to the Chapel of Wesley Manor Retirement Center in Louisville in June of 2007. The chapel at Christ Church was razed to make way for a new Sanctuary.

On-line update from dan stokes -- The organ is played weekly for early morning communion service

Status Note: There 1994.

Purchased from Herbert Brabandt. Des Plaines, IL church, then Methodist campground at Des Plaines. 2nd hand at Wesleyan Church,Barrington Hills, IL 1945-1970. Placed temporarily in 4th Ave. United Methodist for 1993 OHS convention.