Arthur D. Longmore
1931ca.

Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Information about this organ comes primarily from the files of William J. Bunch of Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc. According to Mr. Bunch's notes, the organ was originally built for an undocumented theatre in Tacoma, Washington. However, in an article entitled "The Seattle Story" The Console (Sept. 1965), the organ is listed as having come from a Kent, Washington theatre that burned. The listing at the back of the article also differs from Mr. Bunch's in that it lists the organ as having 9 ranks and 10 stops with 574 pipes. David Junchen's Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ also lists a T-P Kimball organ in an undocumented Kent, Washington theatre. Whatever its provenance, the organ was relocated to Ballard First Lutheran by Seattle Kimball Rep. Arthur D. Longmore ca. 1931. It was electrified at this time, and presumably given a new console, and teh Pedal was unified at 16 & 8' pitches. It served the church until 1968 when it was replaced by a new Balcom and Vaughan. The Kimball was placed in storage, and in 1970 was relocated to First Baptist in Snohomish, Washington. As examined there, it was a 2/8 with no evidence of a 9th rank having ever been present.