Baton Rouge, Louisiana
St. George R. C. Church

Hillgreen, Lane  Organ
[On line update from Dan Talbot, September, 2005]

This organ was originally installed in the School for the Blind [and I think it 
became School for the Deaf] and was purchased for $1.00 by Our Lady of Mercy RC 
Church in the late 1950s and installed in the temporary "gym." It was used in 
there 15 hours a day as a practice instrument for LSU students as well as to 
play the 8 Sunday Services and 3-4 weddings a weekend.  It was in constant use.  

When our new church was built, a Schantz organ was installed and this organ was 
GIVEN to St. George who was at the time using an electrified reed organ. It was 
originally moved by George Babb of Houston, TX.  The original console was used! 
 
When St. George turned their temporary building into a church, the building was 
remodeled, a Reisner console added.  This instrument has a gorgeous Dopple Flute 
on the Great.