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W. W. Kimball Co. (1930)

Gobin Memorial Methodist Church: Sanctuary
307 Simpson Street
Greencastle, IN

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
41 stops
59 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-07-28 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The Greencastle Methodist Episcopal Church was formed in 1923 and the 1200-seat sanctuary was dedicated in December 1929 and the organ installed one month later; the church was renamed Gobin Memorial in 1933, named after a president of the adjoining DePauw University; a three-division Antiphonal organ added by Aeolian-Skinner as Op. 1035 in 1941; 10-rank Positiv to Kimball as Op. 1035-A in 1947; rebuilt and enlarged by Moller with new console in 1957 as Op. R-592, renovated by Thad Reynolds 2006-2007. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> July 1929 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Greencastle, Indiana
    Gobin Memorial Methodist Church

    Kimball   1930   4/47
    ______________________________________________________

    GREAT                            CHOIR

16' Dbl Open Diapason     61     16' Contra Viola       73
 8' 1st Open Diapason     61      8' English Diapason   73
 8' 2nd Open Diapason     61      8' Viola              12
 8' Hohlflöte             61      8' Concert Flute      73
 8' Harmonic Flute        61      8' Quintadena         73
 8' English Diapason      CH      8' Spitzflöte         73
 8' Concert Flute         CH      8' Spitzflöte Celeste 73
 8' Viola                 CH      4' Waldflöte          73
 8' Spitzflöte Celeste II CH      2' Harmonic Piccolo   61
 4' Octave                61      8' Clarinet           73
 4' Harmonic Flute        12      8' English Horn       73
 2' Fifteenth             61         Tremolo
IV  Mixture              244         Sub
 8' Tromba                61         Unison Off
    Tremolo                          Super
    Sub                              Harp               49
    Unison Off                       Celesta
    Super
    Chimes                20         SOLO
    Harp                  CH
                                  8' Stentorphone       73
    SWELL                         8' Melophone          73
                                  8' Gross Gamba        73
16' Bourdon               73      8' Gamba Celeste      73
 8' Open Diapason         73      8' Tuba Mirabilis     73
 8' Chimney Flute         73      8' French Horn        73
 8' Viola da Gamba        73         Tremolo
 8' Viola Celeste         73
 8' Salicional            73         PEDAL
 8' Voix Celeste          73
 4' Octave                73     32' Resultant Bass     --
 4' Flauto Traverso       73     16' 1st Open Diapason  32
 2' Flautina              61     16' 2nd Open Diapason  GT
IV  Dolce Cornet         244     16' Bourdon            32
16' Contra Fagotto        73     16' Gedeckt            SW
 8' Trumpet               73     16' Contra Viola       CH
 8' Oboe Horn             12      8' Octave             12
 8' Vox Humana            61      8' Bass Flute         12
 4' Oboe Horn             12      8' Still Gedeckt      SW
    Tremolo                       8' Cello              CH
    Sub                          16' Trombone           32
    Unison Off                   16' Contra Fagotto     SW
    Super                         8' Tromba             12
                                     Chimes GT

         [Received from Jeff Scofield May 25, 2016]

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