Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2007-10-07 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- A postcard image of this organ shows an immense case on the platform at the front of the room. The facade clearly contains 16' Open Diapason pipes. The console is pictured on the main floor in the photo. I don't think this was the Municipal Auditorium as the exterior of that building looks somewhat Art Nouveau. The case looks like it could be Skinner (but it's not), or maybe Hutchings-Votey (like Woolsey Hall) or the Los Angeles Art Organ Co. (like the 1914 St. Louis World's Fair organ). -Database Manager
2008-03-23 - Updated through on-line information from Will Scarboro. -- According to information that appeared in the TAO in 1933 this organ was junked ca. 1930. -Database Manager
2012-02-11 - Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -- Organ reported to cost $15,000. Dedication Concert on Friday, Feb. 17, 1905 with program by The Choral Society and The Modoc Club, and organists Clarence Eddy (Chicago) and George B. Penny (Topeka). -Database Manager
2012-02-11 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2012-02-11 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Auditorium replaced by the new Civic Auditorium completed in 1940; the Kimball was dispersed. -Database Manager
2012-02-11 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2015-07-24 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Organ was "junked" in 1930 according to 1933 TAO article. Source: http://www.municipalorgans.net/?p=94 -Database Manager
Stoplist taken from dedication book (Feb. 17, 1905) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Topeka Auditorium
Topeka, Kansas
W.W. Kimball Company 1905 4 manuals, 50 stops, 54 ranks
"Duplex Tubular Pneumatic" action
Compasses: Manuals, 61 notes; Pedal, 32 notes
From "The Topeka Auditorium Pipe Organ Dedication Concert" (Feb. 17, 1905)
Courtesy Brea Black, Special Collections Librarian, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
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GREAT ORGAN PEDAL ORGAN
16' Open Diapason (metal) 61 32' Double Open Diapason (wood) 32
8' 1st Open Diapason 61 16' Open Diapason (wood) 32
8' 2nd Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon (wood) 32
8' Double Flute (wood) 61 16' Dulciana 32
8' Gamba 61 16' Violone 32
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Flute (wood) 32
4' Octave 61 8' Violoncello 32
4' Hohlflute 61 16' Trombone 32
2-2/3' Twelfth 61
2' Fifteenth 61 COUPLERS (Small Stops above Keyboard)
Mixture, 3 ranks 183 Swell to Pedal
16' Tuba 61 Orchestral to Pedal
8' Trumpet 61 Solo to Pedal
4' Tuba Clarion 61 Great to Pedal
Swell to Great
ORCHESTRAL ORGAN Orchestral to Great
16' Contra Gamba 61 Solo to Great
8' Violin Diapason 61 Swell to Orchestral
8' Melodia (wood) 61 Solo to Swell
8' Viola d'Orchestra 61 Great to Solo
8' Dulciana 61 Swell to Great super-octave
4' Flute traverso 61 Orchestral to Great sub-octave
2' Piccolo 61 Solo super-octave
8' Clarinet 61 Pedal octaves
Glockenspiels - 20 tubular chimes
MECHANICALS
SWELL ORGAN 12 adjustable combination pistons
16' Bourdon (wood) 61 Vox Humana Tremolo
8' Open Diapason 61 Swell Tremolo
8' Stopped Diapason 61 Orchestral Tremolo
8' Salicional 61 Solo Tremolo
8' Vox Celeste 61
8' AEoline 61 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
8' Quintadena 61 Full organ pedal
4' Flute Harmonic 61 Grand crescendo balanced pedal
4' Violina 61 Swell crescendo balanced pedal
2' Flautina 61 Orchestral crescendo balanced pedal
Dolce Cornet, 3 ranks 183 Solo crescendo balanced pedal
16' Contra Fagotti [sic] 61 Great to pedal reversing pedal
8' Cornopean 61
8' Oboe and Bassoon 61 SYNOPSIS
8' Vox Humana 61 Solo organ 5 stops 305 pipes
Swell organ 15 stops 1,037 pipes
SOLO ORGAN (under heavy pressure) Great organ 14 stops 976 pipes
8' Stentorphone 61 Orchestral organ 8 stops 488 pipes
8' Concert Flute (wood) 61 Pedal organ 8 stops 256 pipes
4' Hohlpfeife (wood & metal) 61 --- -----
16' Tuba Major 61 Total 50 stops 3,062 pipes
8' Tuba Mirabilis 61
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