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W. W. Kimball Co. (1926)

Images

January 1998 - Chancel with Kimball facade after 1997 sanctuary restoration (Photograph by Christine A. Currin; Hess, Roise & Co., submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

January 1998 - Sanctuary interior after 1997 restoration. (Photograph by Christine A. Currin; Hess, Roise & Co., submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1910s)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
• 4 manuals
• 44 stops
• 53 registers
• 5 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
• Manual compass: 61 notes
• Pedal compass: 32 notes
• Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
• Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2016-05-24 - Rebuilt and enlarge in 1981 as 4/85 Moller Op. 11458, retaining 26 Kimball ranks. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> July 1926 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Westminster Presbyterian Church

    Kimball   1926   4/54
    __________________________________________________________________

    GREAT                                 CHOIR

16' Diapason                61        16' Gamba                     73
 8' 1st Diapason            61         8' Concert Flute             73
 8' 2nd Diapason            61         8' Viole d'Amour Celeste II 134
 8' Flute                   61         4' Flute                     73
 8' Gemshorn                61     2 2/3' Nazard                    61
 4' Principal               61         2' Piccolo                   61
 4' Flute                   61         8' Clarinet                  73
 2' Super Octave            61            Tremolo
16' Ophicleide              61            Sub
 8' Tromba                  61            Unison Off
 8' Tuba Sonora             SO            Super
 4' Clarion                 61            Harp                      SW
    Sub                                   Celesta                   SW
    Unison Off
    Super                                 SOLO
    Chimes                  SO
                                       8' Major Flute               73
    SWELL                              8' Gamba                     73
                                       8' Gamba Celeste             73
16' Bourdon                 73         8' Tuba Sonora               73
 8' Diapason                73         8' French Horn               73
 8' Clarabella              73         8' English Horn              73
 8' Chimney Flute           73            Tremolo
 8' Violoncello             73            Sub
 8' Salicional              73            Unison Off
 8' Voix Celeste II        134            Super
 8' Muted Viole Celeste II 134            Chimes                    20
 8' Spitzflöte              73
 8' Spitzflöte Celeste      73            PEDAL
 4' Octave                  73
 4' Flute Triangulaire      73        32' Diapason (Resultant)      --
 V  Mixture (String)       305        16' Diapason                  32
IV  Mixture (Diapason)     244        16' Bourdon                   32
16' Waldhorn                73        16' Violone                   GT
 8' Cornopean               73        16' Bourdon                   SW
 8' Oboe Horn               73        16' Gamba                     CH
 8' Vox Humana              73         8' Octave                    12
    Tremolo                            8' Flute                     12
    Sub                                8' Cello                     GT
    Unison Off                        16' Tuba Sonora               12 SO
    Super                             16' Waldhorn
    Harp                    61            Chimes                    GT
    Celesta                 

                [Received from Jeff Scofield May 26, 2016]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #27885 - M. P. Möller Opus 11458 (1981)
• #60553 - W. W. Kimball Co. (1932)
• #62448 - M. P. Möller (1971)
• #62472 - M. P. Möller (1957)
• #62478 - M. P. Möller (1972ca.)

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