W. W. Kimball Co.
1925
Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Parish
Sanctuary; rear gallery
156 Valley Ave. SW
Grand Rapids, MI, US
914 Pipes
Instrument ID: 63797 ● Builder ID: 6456 ● Location ID: 42232
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2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions18 StopsTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Key ActionTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Stop ActionStop Layout: Unknown
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Database Manager on April 3rd, 2019:
The organ cost $6,850 and was installed by Henry Reinisch, a builder from Grand Rapids. The pipe organ was blessed and dedicated in a special ceremony on Sunday, August 16, 1925, with a recital that included: Eugene J. Phillips, organist and choir director from the Cathedral of St. Andrew; Katherine Jansheska Phillips, soloist; and a sixteen-voice choir from Sacred Heart, under the direction of Max Wojtalewicz. [Information from "The Sacred Heart Story" by Eduard Adam Skendel].
The organ cost $6,850 and was installed by Henry Reinisch, a builder from Grand Rapids. The pipe organ was blessed and dedicated in a special ceremony on Sunday, August 16, 1925, with a recital that included: Eugene J. Phillips, organist and choir director from the Cathedral of St. Andrew; Katherine Jansheska Phillips, soloist; and a sixteen-voice choir from Sacred Heart, under the direction of Max Wojtalewicz. [Information from "The Sacred Heart Story" by Eduard Adam Skendel].
Database Manager on April 3rd, 2019:
Great stops: two Open Diapasons, Violin, Flute, Gamba, Octet, Trumpet, Trombone, and Chimes of twenty tubes. Swell stops: Horn Diapason, Violin, Cello, Concert Flute, Flute Harmonica, Oboe, and Vox Humana. [Source: *Catholic Vigil*, August 12, 1925, 8:2].
Database Manager on April 3rd, 2019:
The organ was replaced in 1962 by a Wicks pipe organ, but the organ cases remain, as does the Contra Bass pipework.
Related Instrument Entries: Wicks Organ Co. (Opus 4295, 1962)
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