Hook & Hastings (Opus 2009, 1903)

Location:

College Avenue Moravian
2502 N. College Avenue.
Indianapolis, IN US
Organ ID: 14320

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Colleges and Universities
  • The organ is no longer extant; destroyed.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 2 manuals. 13 registers.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Registers: 13
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on September 13, 2016:

Updated through online information from Timothy E. Conyers.
This congregation was officially known as First Moravian Episcopal Church.

"According to the December 29, 1924 issue of the Indianapolis Star, a fire of unknown origin (probably caused by an overheated furnace) gutted the stucco church on a frigidly cold morning of 13 degrees below zero. Two firemen, handicapped by the cold and ice, were injured in the blaze that caused $30,000 in damage, completely destroying the building and burning a valuable pipe organ and eight new memorial windows. Members later remembered that the fire hydrants were frozen and nothing was saved, including the silver collection plates that melted beyond recognition." (Source: Historic Indianapolis.com website, includes photo of church exterior).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on March 22, 2005:

The church has been gone for more than 50 years as of 2005.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on February 16, 2005:

Identified from company publications as edited and expanded in The Hook Opus List 1829-1935, ed. William T. Van Pelt (Organ Historical Society, 1991).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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