Better Pipe Organ Database

W. W. Kimball Co. (1926)

North Central College: Pfeiffer Hall
Naperville, IL

Images

Unknown - Auditorium exterior (Photograph by Visit Naperville, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Auditorium interior, stage and organ chambers (Photograph by North Central College of Fine Arts, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1940 - Right-hand view of console (Photograph from an archival source: North Central College Archives, submitted by Brighton Liese/Brighton Liese)

1980 - Left-side view of organ console (Photograph from an archival source: North Central College Archives, submitted by Brighton Liese/Brighton Liese)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
36 stops
46 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2014-03-06 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Rick Erickson, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- -Database Manager

2014-03-10 - Updated through online information from Rick Erickson. -- Designed by Prof. C. C. Pinney. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON August 1925

       Naperville, Illinois
       Northwestern College
       Barbara Pfeiffer Memorial Hall

       W W Kimball   1926   4/42
       __________________________________________

       GREAT                    SWELL
   16' Bourdon     PD 41    16' Bourdon        73
    8' 1st Diapason   73     8' Diapason       73
    8' 2nd Diapason   73     8' Gedeckt        73
    8' Claribel Flute 73     8' Salicional     73
    8' Gemshorn       73     8' Viola Celeste  73
    4' Octave         73     8' Aeoline        73
    4' Flute          73     8' Unda Maris II 146
2 2/3' Twelfth        61     4' Flute          73
    2' Fifteenth      61     4' Violina        73
   IV  Mixture       244     2' Piccolo        61
    8' Tromba         73   III  Soft Mixture  183
       Chimes         20     8' Cornopean      73
                             8' Oboe Horn      73
       CHOIR                 8' Vox Humana     73
    8' Diapason       73        Tremolo
    8' Concert Flute  73        Harp           49
    8' Fernflöte      73
    8' Quintadena     73        PEDAL
    8' Dulciana       73    32' Acoustic Bass  --
    4' Flute          73    16' Diapason    GT 12
    8' Clarinet       73    16' Bourdon        32
       Tremolo              16' Echo Bourdon   SW
                             8' Octave         GT
       SOLO                  8' Gedeckt        GT
    8' Melophone      73     8' Still Gedeckt  SW
    8' Cello          73     4' Flute          GT
    8' Tuba           73    16' Trombone    GT 12
    8' French Horn    73     8' Tromba         GT

   [Received from Jeff Scofield December 30, 2022]