W. W. Kimball Co.
1910

First Methodist Church

219 East 4th Street
Bloomington, IN, US

Instrument ID: 69297 ● Builder ID: 6456 ● Location ID: 15067
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Builder: W. W. Kimball Co.
Position: Unknown
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal3 DivisionsTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Key ActionTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Stop Action

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Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Unknown
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on April 4th, 2025:

From the church history website:
"...on September 20th, 1910, the new structure was dedicated...The new building contained many modern amenities, including electronic devices and a state-of-the-art pipe organ specially designed by the Kimball Company. At a cost of $101,000, the facility was the largest and most thoroughly equipped Methodist church in the state at the time, and it was soon dubbed β€œthe Cathedral of Indiana Methodism.” It was also thought to be fireproof."


Paul R. Marchesano on January 17th, 2023:

First Church had a 1910 W.W. Kimball organ of two manuals, tubular-pneumatic action, installed around 1910. In 1938 Henry Pilcher's Sons of Louisville, Kentucky, replaced the organ with its opus 1843, a three-manual instrument. -- 2007 OHS Atlas

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