Database Manager on July 7th, 2014:
Updated through online information from Timothy E. Conyers. -- Pipe chamber examined on 1 July 2014. The chamber is small and very tight with no lighting. A visual examination could only be made from the chamber entrance. The Swell box sits to the front of the chamber closest to the choir loft. It looked as if the back of the Swell Box must be removed to gain entrance to the Swell pipes as some of the pipes were close to the chamber grill screen. (unconfirmed since there was no lighting). The Pedal and Great pipes form an inverted and reversed "L" around the Swell Box. The air reservoirs, wind lines and other portions of the air delivery system are directly beneath the Swell Box. The large pipes along the back wall of the chamber were painted gold with many having paint flaking off. It is assumed these are the original speaking facade pipes from when the instrument was in the old building downtown. I did not see the blower but assume it must be within the chamber itself, as the building has no basement, the floor is at street level and the chamber is located along exterior walls.

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Database Manager on January 12th, 2013:
Updated through online information from Timothy E. Conyers.

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Database Manager on January 4th, 2013:
Altered and relocated existing organ. Identified by Timothy E. Conyers, based on information from "The Trinity Lutheran Church, 1857-1982, 125 Years of Grace" Union City, Ind./Ohio, June 6, 1982. Personal knowledge of Evelyn Key, church organist for over 70 years. I have played this organ. -- In 1967 a new church was constructed on the northwest edge of town at the corner of state highway 28 and county road 800 East. The church's original 1913 instrument, which had been rebuilt by Lima Pipe Organ Co., in 1959 at the old building, was moved into the new facility. At that time indoor and outdoor chimes were added in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thokey by their children. The Mass chime keyboard was attached to the right side of the console. The pipes were placed in a chamber to the right of the chancel. The chamber is at floor level and there are no exposed pipes. The chamber grill is undiscernible from the surrounding chancel wall raised wood paneling design. A choir loft was constructed on the right side of the nave, next to the organ chamber and with the seating sideways to that of the congregation. This arrangement placed the fixed console at one end of the choir loft and about midway down the nave. It allows the organist to clearly see the altar area and most of the nave. <br><br>At the present time, Trinity's organ consists of 9 ranks, 604 pipes, and a 25 note Mass chime. <br><br>The instrument, although rebuilt and altered over the years, contains many of the original pipes of the 1913 Votteler-Hettche organ. These sections of the instrument will be 100 years old in the year 2013. There have been many associate organists during this time but only three senior organist. As a young girl, Mrs. Evalyn Key began playing as a substitute for her aunt, who was the first organist. By the time of her death in the early 1990s, Mrs. Key had served as church organist for over 70 years. The present organist, Becky Kergan, has served since that time. Becky also plays the Wicks pipe organ for Saturday evening Mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Union City, IN.