This entry represents the installation and tonal enlargement of a used organ. Identified through online information from Nathan Bienz [December 16, 2025]: "The first church building erected in Wapakoneta was the Methodist Episcopal church, which was built in 1834, a frame building which stood on lot 65 on Mechanic street." A new building was built in 1861 and a third in 1906–07, both at the southwest corner of Mechanic and Perry Streets. A Schantz organ was installed in this third church in 1907 (see instrument 48495). The current organ console has a nameplate that reads "A. J. Schantz Sons & Co. Builders, Orrville, Ohio, 1942," but it isn't clear whether this was a rebuild of the 1907 instrument or a new instrument entirely. In either case, this instrument was moved and expanded by Lima Pipe Organ Co. when the congregation built a new structure in the suburbs in 1963–64. The expanded organ was dedicated on April 26, 1964, with an organ recital given by Dr. Wilbur Held. The bulletin contained the following information on the organ:

"Needing to be enlarged before installation in the new Sanctuary, the pipe organ has been increased to a total of 847 pipes with six more ranks added making a total of twelve. The six ranks of pipes added are as follows: Viola 8' - 73 pipes; Principal 4' - 73 pipes; Gedeckt 8' - 73 pipes; Trompette 8' - 73 pipes; Grave mixture 2 ranks (12-15) - 122 pipes. Of the four basic families of organ pipes (diapason, flute, string, and reed) all are represented. Each manual is now completely independent of the other with no duplexing present.

"To make the additional pipes playable, new chestwork, relays, swell shutters, swell motors, reservoir and tremolo had to be included.

"With the additions, the organ has more volume and is brighter. More tone colors and pitch levels are available, providing greater flexibility in registration for the organist. This work was done by the Lima Pipe Organ Company, Elida, Ohio."

Source: William J. McMurray, History of Auglaize County, Ohio, Vol. I (Indianapolis: Historical Printing Company, 1923), 325-326.