ca. 2016 - Organ case/ facade and keydesk (Builder's photo from website/Jim Stettner)
ca. 2016 - Keydesk (Builder's photo from website [cropped]/Jim Stettner)
ca. 2016 - Facade pipe stenciling details (Builder's photo from website/Jim Stettner)
2016-12-05 - This is a restoration of an existing organ. Identified by David Bohn, based on personal knowledge of the organ. Key action electrified, with one tonal change. -Database Manager
2024-11-10 - From the Buzard website: "This lovely W. W. Kimball Co. organ was originally installed in the Small Preceptory of the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Chicago, Illinois. Kimball produced so called “boxcar” organs that could be transported intact; this is a rare example of a boxcar organ. Because W. W. Kimball Co. used special mounting wires to affix each and every pipe to supports, the premise was that these instruments could theoretically be delivered intact in two parts, console and pipe enclosure, the two pieces united and it would be fully playable! The entire organ sits on original casters that make the instrument movable. It was rescued into storage by Buzard, assisted by members of the Chicago Midwest Chapter of the Organ Historical Society before the wrecking ball destroyed the building to make way for parking and a high-rise apartment building. < snip > Buzard was honored to be entrusted with the renovation and relocation of this instrument. After careful restorative work, it now sits in the lower chapel of St. Josaphat Basilica in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The beautiful pipe stenciling, including 24-carat gold leaf, was done by by our Service Shop Foreman, David Brown. -Jim Stettner
Typed specification Source: From <i>The American Organist</i>, December 2016 Date not recorded
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Basilica - Lower Church
W. W. Kimball Co. ca. 1903 2 manuals, 7 stops, 7 ranks
Originally in Scottish Rite Cathedral, Chicago, Illinois
Restored and altered by Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, 2016
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GREAT ORGAN (enclosed)
8' Open Diapason 61 metal; 17 basses in facade
8' Dulciana 61 metal
4' Violina 61 metal; replaced 8' Oboe (tc)
SWELL ORGAN (enclosed with Great)
8' Std. Diapason 61 wood
8' Gamba 61 metal
4' Flute d'Amour 61 wood and metal
PEDAL ORGAN
16' Bourdon 27 wood
COUPLERS
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Great
Super Octave
Swell Expression Pedal
Crescendo Pedal
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-06-21]
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