Pipe Organ Database

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Verlinden Organ Co. (1930's)

Location:

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
777 S. Main St.
Lima, OH 45801 US
Sanctuary; rear gallery
Organ ID: 73039

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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 unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on May 04, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
All:
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Verlinden Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on March 29, 2023.
Gallery:
  • Built by Verlinden Organ Co.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on March 29, 2023.
Jim Stettner on May 04, 2023:

Notes regarding the organ by Tom Densel, courtesy of Thomas Fielding: *"St. John's organ was built in the early 1930s by the Verlinden Organ Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It incorporated elements of the 1918 M. P. Moller organ originally installed in the Elks Lodge in Lima. The casework, Choir windchest and Chimes are from the Moller. Much of the Swell pipe work appears to have come from an unidentified tracker instrument. It appears that much of the pipe work was used when the organ was built. *

The organ was re-leathered and the new console installed in 1977. I do not believe any tonal changes were made at that time."

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on May 04, 2023.
Jim Stettner on March 29, 2023:

This entry represents the original installation of a new organ. Later rebuilt and enlarged (?) by the Lima Pipe Organ Co.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on March 29, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Ohio History Connection, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1930's

Organ in rear gallery: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2012-05-09

Organ case: Photograph from an archival source: Church website: 'Ministries' page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. Date unknown

Builder's nameplate: Photograph by Thomas J. Fielding, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2022-07-20