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W. W. Kimball Co. (1906)

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Pro Cathedral
NW 15th & Davis
Portland, OR

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
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
10 stops
10 registers
3 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: Fixed Mechanical
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2007-03-16 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The Pro Cathedral's former organ was sent to St. Mary's in Mt. Angel, OR. When the new (and present) cathedral was built in 1926 - the Kimball was given to Assumption Parish in the St. John's section of N. Portland. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console February 5, 1990 at Church f the Assumption in Portland Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Portland, Oregon
St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral

W.W. KIMBALL CO., Opus ____, 1906 - Original Specifications


GREAT                                        COUPLERS (l – r)
   8'  Open Diapason                61          Great to Pedal                  [8]
   8'  Melodia                      61          Swell to Pedal                  [8]
   4'  Harmonic Flute               61
   ?'  Unknown                      61          Swell to Great                  [8]
                                                Sw. to Gr. Super Octave         [4]

SWELL (Expressive)                              Great Super Octave              [4]
   8'  Open Diapason                61
   8'  Stop'd Diapason              61
   8'  Dulciana                     61       FOOT LEVERS (Unlabeled; l - r)    
   4'  Violina                      61          Sw. Piano – 8' S.D., 8' Dulc.
       Tremolo  [all]
                                                Sw. Forte – 8, 8, 8, 4. (full)

PEDAL                                           Gr. to Ped. - Reversible
   16' Bourdon                      30
   8'  Cello                        30          Gr. Piano – 8' Mel.

                                                Gr. Forte – 8' O.D., 8' Mel., 4' H.F.


                                             PEDAL MOVEMENTS
                                                Swell Expression             (bal.)
                                                Crescendo                    (bal.)


ACTION: T-P Key & Stop       VOICES: 10     STOPS: 10     RANKS: 10     PIPES: 548
        to Ventil Chests


NOTES
The organ was originally built for and installed in St. Mary's Cathedral of Portland.
It replaced an instrument acquired by the Cathedral in 1886 from a firm in Boston. The
displaced 19th century instrument was reportedly relocated to Mt. Angel.

According to the Catholic Sentinel for August 21, 1906, Eilers Piano House was in charge
of the Kimball installation. In 1926 when the new Cathedral was built, the Pro-Cathedral
presented the organ to the rector of Assumption Parish in the St. John's section of North
Portland. It is not known who did the relocation and re-installation, though it may have
been the Guenther Organ Co. of Portland.

The pipes were attractively stencilled in light green and orange/pink with black designs
and gold mouths.

Sources: Several issues of the Catholic Sentinel located in the Diocesan archives; extant
         organ at Church of the Assumption in North Portland.

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2012-12-31.]

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