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
Instrument ID: 53900 ● Builder ID: 6456 ● Location ID: 392
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CONSOLES
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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DETAILS
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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