Pipe Organ Database

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Goulding & Wood, Inc. (Opus 14, 1989)

Originally Wicks Organ Co. (Opus 1335, 1935)
Exhibited in the 2007 OHS convention(s)

Location:

St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church
126 W. Georgia Street
Indianapolis, IN 46225 US
Organ ID: 17966

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on February 14, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider with electro-pneumatic (EP) pallets (Blackinton-type)
  • 36 ranks. 2,138 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 27 stops. 50 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider with electro-pneumatic (EP) pallets (Blackinton-type) chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Slider Motors: Pneumatic (EP or TP) slider motors.
We received the most recent update for this division from Tom Nichols on October 04, 2022.
Gallery:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 27
  • Registers: 50
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Combination Action Name: SSL
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Tom Nichols on October 04, 2022.
Database Manager on November 24, 2017:

Updated by David Kinyon, who has heard or played the organ.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on January 28, 2010:

Updated through online information from Tom Nichols. -- In the case of the 1894 Pfeffer. 9 ranks used from the church's previous 1935 Wicks, Op. 1335. 9 Walker Digital Stops added 1995

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on April 26, 2005:

In the case of the 1894 Pfeffer. 9 ranks used from the church's previous 1935 Wicks, Op. 1335. 9 Walker digital stops added in 1995 by Goulding & Wood.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Specification from <i>2007 Organ Atlas: Central Indiana Region</i>
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Console: Photograph by Tom Nichols. Taken approx. Feb. 2001

Façade: Photograph by Tom Nichols. Taken approx. Feb. 2001

Left stop jamb with façade in background: Photograph by Todd Saul, submitted by Tom Nichols. Taken approx. February 2001

Church exterior: Photograph by Tom Nichols. Taken approx. June 2002

Organ in rear gallery: Photograph by Tom Nichols. Taken on 2015-07-08

Church interior viewed from the gallery: Photograph by Megan Fish, submitted by Tom Nichols. Taken approx. July 2015