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W. W. Kimball Co. (1912ca.)

St. Barbara's Roman Catholic Church
2859 S. Throop St.
Chicago, IL

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was an unknown builder (c. 1890). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - 19th Century tracker (action in place), relocated to St. Barbara's and electrified with detached console c. 1912. -Database Manager

2014-07-03 - Updated through online information from Gary Wood. -- Johnson-built tracker organ, converted by Kimball to electro/pneumatic pulldowns and pneumatic slider engines. Later remote console on main floor added later. Some Johnson ranks removed and replaced with newer pipes. Offset chests added with addition of Waldhorn stop and pedal Violin stop. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist taken from Kimball 1914 console, June 27, 2014 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Chicago, Illinois
St. Barbara Catholic Church

Johnson circa 1880 / Kimball circa 1914

GREAT                               SWELL                     CHOIR                       PEDAL
 8        Open Diapason 1    16      Bourdon            8     Violin Diapason      16     Open Diapason
 8        Open Diapason 2     8      Open Diapson       8     Viola                16     Bourdon
 8        Viola d'Gamba       8      Salicional         8     Gedackt               8     Violin-Cello
 8        Dolce               8      Aeoline            8     Quintadena                
 8        Melodia             8      Vox Celeste        4     Flute Harmonic
 4        Octave              8      Stopped Diapason   2     Piccolo
 4        Flute               4      Octave             8     Clarinet
 2 2/3    Octave Quint        4      Flauto Traverso
 2        Octave              4      Violin
 III      Mixture             2      Flautino
 8        Trumpet           III      Dolce Cornet
                              8      Cornopean             
                              8      Oboe
                                     Swell Tremolo

 [Received from Gary Wood 2014-07-03.]

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