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The organ is extant but is not playable. The console cable was cut sometime after 1995. The Echo division was located in a floor-level chamber which spoke into the side of the sanctuary, near the high altar. It was removed sometime before 1990, to create a janitorial/storage closet.

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Builder: Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc.
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
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Stop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: ExtantandUnknown Playability in this location

Jim Stettner on May 13th, 2024:

Updated through online information from Thomas Nichols: This organ was only lightly used when I occasionally played it in the early 1990s. The parish closed in 2014. The building and organ remain in place, but the organ has not been playable for many years. Sometime after 1995 the console cable was cut, and possibly also the electrical connections to the blower.


Timothy E Conyers on September 26th, 2021:

The former church's website (now removed), had a page about the organ history. I believe it was a Kilgen & Sons but uncertain of that fact. It was located in a rear gallery within a case and had a pipe facade. The center section had a decorative screen with a design that echoed the building's outside portico pediment; on either side was a flat section of eleven gold-colored pipes. The console faced the altar.

The present building was built in 1921. The congregation remained active until 2014, when a large portion of the building portico pediment collapsed. The Archdiocese of Indianapolis closed the building for safety reasons and merged the congregation into the parish of St. Phillip of Neri. The building itself was deemed safe but the decision of the Archbishop remained in effect. The building was listed for sale and was also listed on the Indiana Landmarks as an endangered building of great cultural value in its community. In July 2019, the beautiful stained glass windows were purchased by St. John Paul II parish in Sellersburg, Indiana, who incorporated them into the design of their new building. Around the same time the pews were repurposed into the new building of the Church of the Holy Angels, Indianapolis, Indiana. The condition of the pipe organ or its current location is unknown at this time.


Jim Stettner on September 26th, 2021:

Identified from parish Facebook photos. According to the former parish website, the church was closed November 30, 2014 and merged into St. Philip Neri Parish, Indianapolis.

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