1989-06-30 - Console to right (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1989-06-30 - Console to left (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1989-06-30 - Chancel (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2009-09-29 - Identified through online information from Will Dunklin. -- This organ reportedly came to First Methodist from a large Masonic hall in New Orleans, but I am unable to document that. The organ sported a 4 manual console with stoptabs in angled jambs. The Solo division was never installed, so it was, in effect a 3 manual organ. The Kimball was installed at 1st Methodist, originally behind a centered pipe facade, but soon thereafter, during a major remodeling of the church interior, it was again moved, this time into chambers on the left and right. The organ and the church building were utterly lost in a fire on October 6, 2006, that was started by a lightning strike. -Database Manager
2011-03-05 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The FUMC Kimball was, indeed, from the Masonic Temple, Grand Consistory, in New Orleans, where it was installed in 1926; it was sold to First Methodist Church in 1947 for $12,500. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> October 1926 and from the console June 27, 1989 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Memphis, Tennessee
First Methodist Church
Kimball 1926 4/33 New Orleans
1947 4/33 Memphis
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GREAT SWELL
16' Bourdon 73 16' Bourdon 73
8' 1st Open Diapason 61 8' Open Diapason 73
8' 2nd Open Diapason 73 8' Clarabella 73
8' Melodia 73 8' Stopped Flute 73
8' Gemshorn 73 8' Salicional 73
4' Octave 73 8' Viola 41 PD
4' Flute 73 8' Viola Celeste 73
8' Tromba 73 4' Flauto Traverso 73
Tremolo 2' Flautino 61
Sub III Mixture 244
Super 8' Trumpet 73
8' Oboe Horn 73
SOLO (prepared for) 8' Vox Humana 61
Tremolo
8' Melophone Vox Tremolo
8' Cello Sub
4' Solo Flute Super
8' Tuba Mirabilis Harp 49
8' French Horn Celesta
Tremolo
Sub CHOIR
Super
Chimes 8' Hohl Flute 73
Harp 8' Dulciana 73
8' Unda Maris 73
PEDAL 4' Flute d'Amour 73
2' Piccolo 61
32' Acoustic Bass -- 8' Clarinet 73
16' Open Diapason 32 Tremolo
16' Bourdon GT Sub
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW Super
16' Contra Viola 32 Chimes 20
8' Octave 12 Harp
8' Flute 12
8' Still Gedeckt SW ECHO
8' Viola SW
4' Super Octave 12 8' Fern Flute 61
4' Flute GT 8' Vox Humana 61
16' Trombone 12 Tremolo
8' Tromba GT Sub
Chimes Super
[Received from Jeff Scofield May 27, 2016]
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