W. W. Kimball Co.
1931

Vassar College

Skinner Hall of Music

124 Raymond Avenue
Poughkeepsie, NY, US

51 Ranks - 3,343 Pipes - 5 Physical Divisions
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Builder: W. W. Kimball Co.
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions45 Stops60 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)
Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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Edwin H Myers Jr on November 4th, 2025:

This instrument was rebuilt by Gress Miles and the Gress Miles was later removed so this organ is not extant.

Laurence Libin on February 8th, 2022:

Vassar's Kimball was installed in 1931 and is described as having four manuals not three. A sixth, Antiphonal division was never installed.

Laurence Libin on February 8th, 2022:

See The Vassar Miscellany News 16/11 (November 18, 1931), p. 4, for description of the Kimball.

Database Manager on May 30th, 2016:

23 ranks prepared-for; replaced in 1964 by Gress-Miles 3/64.

Database Manager on December 2nd, 2014:

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by James R. Stettner, using information from this web site: http://music.vassar.edu/organs/.

Related Instrument Entries: Gress-Miles Organ Co. (1965)

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