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W. W. Kimball Co. (1913)

Images

2018 - Church exterior (Photograph by Juan Jimenez, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1950-04-24 - Chancel and organ facade (Photograph by William J. Bunch; digital image submitted by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1950-04-24 - Console (Photograph by William J. Bunch; digital image submitted by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• 3 manuals
• 36 stops
• 37 registers
• 4 divisions
• Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
• Manual compass: 61 notes
• Pedal compass: 30 notes
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
• Has crescendo
• Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2006-10-21 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2007-05-02 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2007-05-02 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2022-02-12 - Building: Dedicated September 22, 1912. Organ last used on April 1, 1956 (Easter). Rebuilt by Balcom & Vaughan in 1956, and again in 1970. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: Nye Notebook via 2008 OHS Atlas

Great (61 notes, unenclosed) Double Open Diapason 16 (73 m), Open Diapason 8 (73 m), Second Open Diapason 8 (73 m), Claribel Flute 8 (73 w (added after contract)), Gamba 8 (73 m), Dulciana 8 (73 m), Octave 4 (73 m), French Horn 8 (73 m), Trumpet 8 (61 m (replaced original Saxophone 8ʹ))

Swell (61 notes, enclosed) Bourdon 16 (12 w [?]), Open Diapason 8 (73 m), Gedeckt 8 (73 w), Salicional 8 (73 m), Vox Celeste (TC) 8 (61 m), Aeoline 8 (73 m), Viol d’Orchestre 8 (73 m), Flauto Traverse 4 (73 w), Dolce Cornet III (183 m (12-15-17)), Contra Fagotto 16 (61 m), Cornopean 8 (61 m), Oboe & Bassoon 8 (61 m), Vox Humana 8 (61 m), Swell Tremolo, Vox Tremolo

Choir (61 notes, enclosed) Contra Gamba 16 (73 m), Geigen Principal 8 (73 m), Concert Flute 8 (73 w), Dolce 8 (73 m), Flute d’Amour 4 (73 m), Harmonic Piccolo 2 (61 m), Orchestral Clarinet 8 (61 m), Arpa (49 bars, CC-c³), Choir Tremolo

Pedal (30 notes) Open Diapason 16 (30 w), Violone 16 (30 m), Bourdon 16 (30 w), Contra Dulciana 16 (30 m), Flute 8 (12 w), Cello 8 (12 m), Trombone 16 (30 m)

Accessories Harp Dampers On, Swell, Choir expression pedals, Crescendo Pedal, Sforzando, Swell to Great (Reversible piston), Choir to Great (Reversible piston), Swell to Choir (Reversible piston), Great to Pedal (pistons & toe lever), Swell to Pedal (Reversible piston), Choir to Pedal (Reversible piston), All Couplers Reversible (Reversible piston)

Combination Action General pistons: 0, 1-15, Great: Forte, Piano (Toe levers), Swell: Forte, Piano (Toe levers), Choir: Forte, Piano (Toe levers), Pedal: Forte, Piano (Toe levers)

Documents

• Write-up from THE DIAPASON April 1913 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #24293 - Balcom and Vaughan Opus 619 (1956)
• #24294 - Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc. Opus 619A (1971)

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