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Bunn=Minnick Co. (2012)

Images

file created November 6, 2013 - Close up of 1924 Kimball organ manuals (Photograph by Unsure, submitted by Makayla Smith/Makayla Smith)

file created August 9th, 2021 - Our 1924 Kimball console on The Lerner Theatre stage (Photograph by Unsure, submitted by Makayla Smith/Makayla Smith)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Horseshoe
• Console position: Console on Lift
• 3 manuals
• 15 stops
• 2 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
• Manual compass: 61 notes
• Pedal compass: 32 notes
• Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
• Has crescendo
• Combination action: Computerized/Digital
• Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2014-04-26 - This is a rebuild of an existing organ. Identified by John Igoe, using information from this web site: http://www.thelerner.com/about/the-lerner-organ.html. -- -Database Manager

2020-05-19 - The 3-manual Kimball console is from the Variety Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. Disposition of the original 2-manual Lerner console is not known. Rank from the Variety in Cleveland were also added increasing the size from the original 8-ranks to the present 15. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

See Documents tab for detailed specification Source: Specification flyer from the theater

SOLO CHAMBER (left chamber) TIBIA CLAUSA. . . . . . . . Rank 1 16 (101 pipes (1-85 original 1924 Lerner Kimball; 86-101 1927 Kimball Variety Theatre, Cleveland)), TUBA HORN. . . . . . . . Rank 2 16 (1-12 unknown origin Kimball; 13-85 original 1924 Lerner Kimball), POST HORN. . . . . . . . Rank 3 8 (61 pipes (by Bunn=Minnick in the style of Kimball)), TRUMPET. . . . . . . . Rank 4. 8 (61 pipes (1927 Kimball Variety Theatre, Cleveland)), ENGLISH HORN. . . . . . . . Rank 5 8 (61 pipes (unknown origin Kimball)), KINURA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rank 6 8 (61 pipes (1-61 original 1924 Lerner Kimball)), VOX HUMANA. . . . . . . . . Rank 7 8 (73 pipes (1-73 original 1924 Lerner Kimball)), CELLO.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rank 8 8 (73 pipes (unknown origin Kimball)), CELLO CELESTE (CC). . . . Rank 9 8 (73 pipes (unknown origin Kimball)), XYLOPHONE (37 notes (original 1924 Lerner Kimball)), GLOCKENSPIEL (37 notes (original 1924 Lerner Kimball))

MAIN CHAMBER (right chamber) DIAPHONE/DIAPASON. . Rank 10 16 (85 pipes (1-12 Kimball Variety Theatre, Cleveland; 13-85 original 1924 Lerner Kimball)), BOURDON/FLUTE.. . . . . . Rank 11 16 (101 pipes (1-18 Kimball Variety Theatre, Cleveland; 19-101 original 1924 Lerner Kimball)), VIOLIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rank 12 16 (97 pipes (1-12 unknown origin Kimball; 13-97 original 1924 Lerner Kimball)), VIOLIN CELESTE (cc).. . . Rank 13 8 (73 pipes (1-73 original 1924 Lerner Kimball)), OBOE HORN.. . . . . . . . . . . Rank 14 8 (61 pipes (1927 Kimball Variety Theatre, Cleveland)), CLARINET. . . . . . . . . . . . . Rank 15 8 (61 pipes (1927 Kimball Variety Theatre, Cleveland)), HARP (49 notes (original 1924 Lerner Kimball)), CELESTA (37 notes (1927 Kimball Variety Theatre - former Glockenspiel modified by Bunn=Minnick)), PIANO (85 notes (original 1924 Lerner Kimball)), CHIMES (20 notes (original 1924 Lerner Kimball))

Documents

• (2023-08-28) Organ Specifications All specifications of The Lerner Theatre 1924 Kimball Organ -Makayla Smith

Websites

• The Lerner Theatre - Description, specification and video of 1924 Kimball organ at The Lerner Theatre (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #65005†* - W. W. Kimball Co. (1924)

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