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W. W. Kimball Co. (1910 ca.)

Grand Theatre
127 W. Holly St.
Bellingham, WA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
2 manuals
9 stops
8 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2005-07-18 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Orig. built for the Grand Theatre in Bellingham, WA. Was tubular-pnematic. 1929, removed by Seattle Kimball rep. Arthur D. Longmore, primaries electrified, and installed at First United Presbyterian in Everett, WA. -Database Manager

2006-01-09 - Update from James R. Stettner: The organ was most likely installed at the original Grand Theatre on Holly, which was torn down in 1912. A new theatre was built, and the Kimball was likely re-installed in the new edifice at 1224 Comercial St. It was replaced by a new 3-manual Kimball in 1916, but its whereabouts between 1916 and its installation in Everett, Washington in 1929 are unknown. -Database Manager

2012-12-19 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console ca. 1992 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Bellingham, Washington
Grand Theatre

W.W. KIMBALL CO., Opus ____, ca. 1910 - Original Specifications


GREAT                                        COUPLERS
   8  Open Diap.                    61          Swell Unis       [to Pedal]       8
   8  Melodia                       61          Great Unis       [to Pedal]       8
   8  Dulc.                         61
      Chimes                       (  )         Swell Sub        [to Great]      16
                                                Swell Unis       [to Great]       8
   Great Sub 16'                                Swell Super      [to Great]       4
   Great Super 4'

                                             FOOT LEVERS (Order l - r not verified)
SWELL (Expressive)                              Sw. Piano...........8' S.D.; 8' Sal.
   8  Stop. Diap.                   61
   8  Salic.                        61          Sw. Forte................8, 8, 4, 8.
   4  Harm. Flute                   61
   8  Oboe                    (tc)  49          Gr to Ped.................Reversible
      Tremolo
                                                Gr. Piano...................8' Dulc.
   Swell Sub  16'
   Swell Super 4'                               Gr. Forte...................8, 8, 8.


PEDAL                                        PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   16  Bourdon                      30          Swell Expression              (bal.)
                                                Crescendo                     (bal.)


ACTION: T-P ventil      VOICES: 8      STOPS: 9; inc.      RANKS: 8      PIPES: 445
                                              chimes

NOTES
This organ was originally built for the first Grand Theatre in Bellingham, WA. It was
entirely chambered and was controlled from a detached console. The exact nomenclature
of original stops and controls is not known. That building was torn-down in 1912, and
the organ may have been moved to the new building. But if so, it was replaced there in
1916 by a new 3-manual Kimball.

In 1929 it was acquired by Seattle Kimball representative Arthur D. Longmore and rein-
stalled at First United Presbyterian Church in Everett at which time the action was
electrified, although the new or rebuilt console was still air-operated.

Sources: Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. I; Eugene M. Nye
         compilation; PSTOS website; JRS; extant, original components.

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2012-12-20.]

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