2011-06-22 - Identified through on-line information from Ronald Crowl. -- One of Kimball's five-rank unit instruments, installed in 1941 - was reportedly a demonstration instrument in Kimball Hall, but no documentation supports this. The organ is installed in a chamber in the ceiling above the choir stalls in the tiny 1940 English Gothic-Revival building, and the detached console has beautifully carved Gothic panels. There is a great deal of pipework containing high tin content - the only wooden pipes are the bottom 24 of the flute unit, the balance being capped tin. -Database Manager
Stoplist taken from console and notes, 1970s Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
W.W. KIMBALL CO. First Congregational Church Canton, Illinois Installed 1941 GREAT: Expressive 16’ Double Diapason (tc) 16’ Contra Viole (tc) 8’ Open Diapason 8’ Gedeckt 8’ Viole 8’ Voix Celeste (tc) 8’ Dulciana 4’ Octave 4’ Flute d’Amour 4’ Viole 4’ Dulcet 2-2/3’ Dolce Twelfth 2’ Dolce Fifteenth Swell to Great Unison 8’ Chimes SWELL: Expressive 16’ Lieblich Gedeckt (tc) 8’ Open Diapason 8’ Bourdon 8’ Viole 8’ Voix Celeste (tc) 8’ Dulciana 4’ Flute 4’ Viole Octaviante 4’ Voix Celeste 4’ Dulcet 2-2/3’ Nazard 2’ Flageolet 8’ Oboe (synthetic) Tremolo (for entire instrument) PEDAL: Expressive 16’ Bourdon 8’ Octave 8’ Flute 8’ Cello 8’ Dulciana 4’ Super Octave 4’ Flute 8’ Chimes RESOURCES: Open Diapason – 73, lowest 12 zincs, balance 50/50 metal Bourdon – 97, lowest 12 stopped wood, balance tin Viole – 73, 12 zincs, balance tin Voix Celeste – 61, tin Dulciana – 85, lowest 12 zincs, balance 50/50 metal Chimes – 25 tubes, Deagan Class “A” with Kimball’s “piano” action providing “Chimes Soft” and “Chimes Sustaining” features [Received from Ronald Crowl 2011-06-24.]
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