W. W. Kimball Co. (Opus 7035, 1928)

Location:

Cook Convention Center
Memphis, TN US
Auditorium
Organ ID: 8580

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Auditoriums and Concert Halls
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 115 ranks. 7,636 pipes. 12 divisions. 5 manuals. 90 stops. 122 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In center chambers at the front of the room. No visible pipes.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 5
  • Divisions: 12
  • Stops: 90
  • Registers: 122
  • Position: Movable console.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Remote pneumatic/mechanical capture system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Jim Stettner on December 24, 2021:

Updated through online information from Adam Pajan, -- I am writing with an update for Kimball Op. 7035. There is some inaccurate information in the notes about the instrument. The North Hall organ was donated to St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in Norman, Oklahoma in May 2014. After years of planning and fundraising, a contract has been signed with the Schantz Organ Company to renovate and install the majority of the instrument at St. Mark. The pedal originally had three independent stops, not one: a 16’ Open Diapason, a 16’ Subbass, and a unit 32’ Bombarde.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on December 24, 2021.

Database Manager on September 29, 2009:

Updated through on-line information from Will Dunklin. -- The Ellis Auditorium of the Cook Convention Center was razed ca. 2000. The 40 rank side was sold to Bartlett United Methodist Church. The 75 rank side was sold to an individual in California. It is currently under renovation by Marlin Mackly of Fenton Missouri. In its original installation, this organ was in nine chambers: four facing south and four facing north and a single "echo" chamber a the far end of the north side. All pipes were under expression. Of the 115 ranks, there was only one independent pedal stop, the 32' 16' 8' Bombarde. All other pedal stops were borrowed from the manuals. Wind pressures ranged up to 35 inches for the solo reeds.

We received the most recent update for this note from James H. Knight on August 22, 2020.

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1996

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Actually 2 organs in a double auditorium. A 70+rk organ in the North Hall, and a 40+rk organ in the South Hall. 2 consoles, larger will play both organs. Smaller organ will probably be sold.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on December 24, 2021.
Stoplist copied from 'The Diapason' November 1927: Open In New Tab Originally published 1927
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on December 24, 2021.
From the 1938 Kimball catalog, courtesy of Morel & Associates: Open In New Tab Photos of interior and exterior
We received the most recent update for this document from Jeff Scofield on July 26, 2022.

Instrument Images:

North Hall console; Bill Oberg presiding: Photograph by Stan Hightower in the private collection of Will Dunklin. Taken on 1980-06-01

Console: Photograph from 'The American Organist'; image courtesy of Jeff Scofield.

Building Exterior: Photograph from 'The American Organist; image courtesy of Jeff Scofield.

South Hall Interior: Photograph from 'The American Organist'; image courtesy of Jeff Scofield.

North Hall Interior: Photograph from 'The American Organist'; image courtesy of Jeff Scofield.

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