Better Pipe Organ Database

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

Florence Henry Memorial Chapel
NW Highland Road and Boundary Lane NW
Shoreline, WA

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

Images

2007-06-05 - Keydesk (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2007-06-05 - Side façade (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2007-06-05 - Organ (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2007-06-05 - Pedalboard, etc. (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

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 thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2007-04-29 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The Highlands Parish is inside "The Highlands," which is a private, gated community in NW Seattle. The church is actually The Florence Henry Chapel, and is operated under the auspices of nearby St. Dunstan's. The Kimball was installed in a deep chamber on the left side of the chancel with a large, non-speaking facade. A small dummy facade in an arch was also visible around the corner to the left which allowed for tonal egress of the two 16' Pedal ranks at the back of the organ. The organ was rather poorly and partially electrified by Northwest Organ Service at some time in the past - probably the 1970s. This had rendered the organ somewhat mechanically unreliable. But it was Seattle's last Kimball in its original home and tonally unaltered. The Oboe had been cleaned and restored by Herb Heustis in recent years. The priest from St. Dunstan's has a penchant for trackers, and the Kimball was sold and replaced with a new Brombaugh instrument in 2005. A local Seattle organist bought the Kimball, but never did anything with it. The Kimball was sold-off in ranks and pieces and has been completely dispersed. -Database Manager

2008-10-13 - Updated through online information from Robert Chapman. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Recorded from console Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Shoreline, Washington
The Highlands Parish - Florence Henry Mem. Chapel

W.W. Kimball Co., ca. 1910

GREAT

   8  Open Diapason          61
   8  Melodia                61
   8  Dulciana               61

   Great Super

SWELL (Expressive)

   8  Stop'd. Diapason       61
   8  Viola                  61
   8  Aeoline                61
   4  Flute d'Amour          61
   8  Oboe & Bassoon         61
      Tremolo

PEDAL

   16 Bourdon                30
   16 Lieblich Gedackt       30

COUPLERS

   Swell to Pedal           [8]
   Great to Pedal           [8]

   Swell to Great Sub      [16]
   Swell to Great           [8]
   Swell to Great Super     [4]

FINGER PISTONS

   General                1 - 3

FOOT LEVERS

   Sw. Piano  -  8' S.D., 8' Aeol.     (d-a)
   Sw. Forte  -  8, 8, 8, 4, 8.        (s-a)
   Gr. to Ped.                         (rev)
   Gr. Piano  -  8' Dulc.              (d-a)
   Gr. Forte  -  8, 8, 8.              (s-a)

PEDAL MOVEMENTS

   Swell Expression      (bal.)
   Crescendo             (bal.)

ACTION: Tubular-Pneumatic  (later, electrified)

VOICES: 10

STOPS: 10

RANKS: 10

PIPES: 548

 [Received on line from James R. Stettner February 01, 2009.]

 [Received on line from James R. Stettner February 01, 2009.]