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W. W. Kimball Co. (1942)

Louisiana Polytechnic Institute: Howard Auditorium
Ruston, LA

Images

Unknown - Auditorium exterior (Photograph by hauntednation.blogspot.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

ca. 1940's - Howard Auditorium exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard; image submitted by James R. Stettner, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
19 stops
33 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2020-09-26 - The organ was electrified at an unknown date. In 1974, Dan Garland of Texas refurbished the instrument retaining the original console. The Choir division was replaced with a Positiv division and some other rescaling was done. Dan Garland replaced the original Kimball console with a new Schantz console in 1985. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON November 1942

       Ruston, Louisiana
       Louisiana Polytechnic Institute

       Kimball   1942   3/21
       _____________________________________________

       GREAT                        SWELL
    8' Open Diapason    73       8' Viola         73
    8' Hohlflöte        73       8' Concert Flute 73
    8' Gemshorn         73       8' Dulciana      73
    4' Octave           73       8' Unda Maris    61
2 2/3' Octave Quint     61       4' Lieblichflöte 73
    2' Super Octave     61       4' Dulcet        12
       Tremolo               2 2/3' Dolce 12th     7
                                 2' Dolce 15th     5
       SWELL                     8' Clarinet      73
   16' Echo Lieblich    12          Tremolo
    8' Geigen Diapason  73
    8' Rohrflöte        73          PEDAL
    8' Salicional       73      16' Open Diapason 32
    8' Voix Celeste     73      16' Bourdon       32
    4' Octave Geigen    73      16' Echo Lieblich SW
    4' Flute d'Amour    12       8' Octave        12
2 2/3' Nazard            7       8' Flute         12
    2' Flageolet         5       8' Stillgedeckt  SW
  III  Plein Jeu     a 183       4' Super Octave  12
    8' Trumpet          73       4' Flute         12
    8' Oboe             73      16' Posaune    SW 12
    8' Vox Humana       61
       Tremolo

        [Received from Jeff Scofield May 27, 2022]