W. W. Kimball Co.
1905
Topeka Auditorium (1900) [now TPAC]
214 SE 8th Avenue
Topeka, KS, US
54 Ranks - 3,123 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions51 Stops50 RegistersTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Key ActionTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Organ was "junked" in 1930 according to 1933 TAO article. Source: http://www.municipalorgans.net/?p=94
Database Manager on February 11th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -- Organ reported to cost $15,000. Dedication Concert on Friday, Feb. 17, 1905 with program by The Choral Society and The Modoc Club, and organists Clarence Eddy (Chicago) and George B. Penny (Topeka).
Database Manager on February 11th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.
Database Manager on February 11th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Auditorium replaced by the new Civic Auditorium completed in 1940; the Kimball was dispersed.
Database Manager on February 11th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.
Database Manager on March 23rd, 2008:
Updated through on-line information from Will Scarboro. -- According to information that appeared in the TAO in 1933 this organ was junked ca. 1930.
Database Manager on October 7th, 2007:
Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- A postcard image of this organ shows an immense case on the platform at the front of the room. The facade clearly contains 16' Open Diapason pipes. The console is pictured on the main floor in the photo. I don't think this was the Municipal Auditorium as the exterior of that building looks somewhat Art Nouveau. The case looks like it could be Skinner (but it's not), or maybe Hutchings-Votey (like Woolsey Hall) or the Los Angeles Art Organ Co. (like the 1914 St. Louis World's Fair organ).
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