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W. W. Kimball Co. Opus 7050 (1928)

Boyd (Sameric) Theatre
1908-18 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


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Unknown - Auditorium (The Irvin R. Glazier Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia, courtesy of Rich Lewis (Opening, Dec 1928)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Auditorium (The Irvin R. Glazier Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia, courtesy of Rich Lewis (Opening, Dec 1928)/Database Manager)

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Main


Notes

2016-06-30 - Information from <i>Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. I</i>, by David L. Junchen (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985). -Database Manager

2016-07-25 - The 2,450-seat Boyd Theatre opened on Christmas Day, 1928. Despite attempts to save the Art Deco theatre, it was razed in 2015. After the Kimball organ became silent in 1968, it was rescued and moved to the Dickinson High School in Wilmington, Delaware, where it has been greatly enlarged. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Original document from Rich Lewis. Source: Unknown 2018-08-04

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Boyd (Sameric) Theatre

W. W. Kimball Co.   K.P.O. 7050   1928

Main Chamber (House Right) (10” w.p.)
16’ Tuba (15” w.p.)
16’ Diaphonic Diapason 
16’ Bourdon/Concert Flute
16’ Violin 
8’ Violin Celeste 
8’ Clarinet
8’ Kinura
Marimba
Chimes
Traps
Toy Counter

Solo Chamber (House Left) (10” w.p.)
16’ Tibia Clausa
8’ Trumpet 
8’ Saxophone
8’ French Horn
8’ English Horn
8’ Echo Horn
8’ Gamba
8’ Gamba Celeste
8’ Viola
8’ Claribel Flute
8’ Vox Humana I
8’ Vox Humana II
Xylophone
Glockenspiel
Celesta
Piano
	

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