Better Pipe Organ Database

W. W. Kimball Co. (1908)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary; front
101 N Main St.
Lewistown, IL

Images

Postmarked 1944 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Unknown - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case (ca. 1910) (Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of William Dunklin/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
15 stops
16 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 Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo

Notes

2011-06-22 - Identified through on-line information from Ronald Crowl. -- This large rural example of a Kimball tubular-pneumatic organ had adjustable combination action - 3 pistons for Swell and 3 for Great, the "setting" accomplished by means of "adjustable knobs" above the stop terraces, using the "trip-shoe" method as outlined in Stainer's work "The Organ." The Trumpet rank disappeared in the 1950s and was replaced with a 4' Principal of unknown origin. The Swell contains a rare example of a two-rank Celeste of thin scale, unusual for Kimball during this period. The organ's casework is large and imposing and the sound of the organ was bright and clear and filled the space admirably. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from console and notes, 1970s; Corrected/augmented from 2022 console photos Date not recorded

Lewistown, Illinois
First Presbyterian Church

W.W. KIMBALL CO., 1908 - Original Specifications


    GREAT: Unexpressive
8’  Open Diapason                61
8’  Melodia                      61
8’  Gamba                        61
8’  Dulciana                     61
4’  Flute Harmonic               61
8’  Trumpet                      61 (replaced 1950s with 4’ Principal)


    SWELL (Expressive):
16’ Bourdon Treble               49
16’ Bourdon Bass                 12
8’  Open Diapason                61
8’  Stop'd Diapason              61
8’  Salicional                   61
8’  Aeoline                      61
4’  Flute d'Amour                61
8’  Oboe & Bassoon               61
8’  Vox Humana
    Tremolo
    Vox Humana Tremolo


    PEDAL: Unexpressive
16’ Double Open Diapason         30
16’ Bourdon                      30


        COUPLERS:
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal

Sw to Gr Sub Octaves
Swell to Great
Sw to Gr Super Octave


        PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression             (bal.)
Crescendo                    (bal.)


[Received from Ronald Crowl 2011-06-24.]
[Corrected/Augmented by James R. Stettner 2022-11-11.]