Better Pipe Organ Database

W. W. Kimball Co. Opus KPO 4414 (1902)

First Methodist Episcopal Church, South: Sanctuary
102 N. 2nd Street
Temple, TX

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

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard (ca. 1910); image courtesy of the church/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church Exterior ((after the 1911 fire). Archival Photograph; image courtesy of the church/Database Manager)

1910-06-08 - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Lackey (1900s)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
14 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Has crescendo

Notes

2018-07-28 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. <br>Identified by T. Bradford Willis, DDS, who gave this as the source of the information: Historic postcard showing the church interior and organ case.<br>The church burned on November 22, 1911. -Database Manager

2019-11-02 - The cost of the organ was $2,800 (information supplied by church historian, Margaret Galloway). -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from Chad Boorsma Source: Factory specifications from the church archives, courtesy of Margaret Galloway Date not recorded

Temple, Texas
FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

W. W. Kimball     14 ranks     1902
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GREAT:                             SWELL:
  8' Open Diapason     61           16' Bourdon Bass & Treble    61
  8' Gamba             61            8' Open Diapason            61
  8' Dulciana          61            8' Salicional               61
  8' Melodia           61            8' Aeoline                  61
  4' Principal         61            8' Stopped Diapason         61
                                     4' Harmonic Flute           61
PEDAL:                               8' Oboe and Bassoon         61
 16' Bourdon           30
 16' Lieblich Gedeckt  30

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • November 6, 2019]

Documents

Stoplist, Warranty, Receipt, and Construction Details -Database Manager