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Kimball International, Inc. is an American company which consists of furniture brands: Kimball, National, Interwoven, Etc., David Edward, D'Style and Kimball Hospitality. It is the successor to W.W. Kimball and Company , the world's largest piano and organ manufacturer at certain times in the 19th and 20th centuries.
In 1877, Kimball decided to manufacture his own pianos to keep down the cost of the final product. In 1881, he opened his own factory and began churning out around 100 pianos and organs every week. Kimball Avenue (3400W) is named after him. [dubious – discuss] Kimball died at his home in Chicago on December 16, 1904. [5]
Charles Marie Courboin (1884–1973) was a Belgian–American organ virtuoso who enjoyed popularity during the 1920s. During this time he was engaged by department store magnate Rodman Wanamaker to oversee the second enlargement of the Wanamaker Organ.
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The organ that Kiley played at Fenway Park was a Hammond X-66. At Boston Garden it was a Hammond C-3, later a Kimball. At Boston Garden it was a Hammond C-3, later a Kimball. After his departure at Boston Garden in 1983, he was succeeded by Ron Harry, who played until the building's closing in 1995, and in the new building for the Celtics until ...
Kimball International, former manufacturer of pianos and organs; currently a manufacturer of furniture and industrial electronics Kimball Medical Center , a hospital in Lakewood Township, New Jersey Kimball tag , a form of stock control label, often attached to items via a plastic toggle, using a "Kimball gun"
Organist Dezso d'Antalffy with the Kimball organ at the Roxy Theatre. In spite of the theater's fame and success, the Wall Street crash of 1929 created financial problems for its majority owner, the Fox Film Corporation. This destabilized the Roxy's complex operations, and it was often saddled with inferior films.
After Hammond pioneered the electronic organ in the 1930s, other manufacturers began to market their own versions of the instrument. By the end of the 1950s, familiar brand names of home organs in addition to Hammond included Conn, Kimball, Lowrey, and others, while companies such as Allen and Rodgers manufactured large electronic organs designed for church and other public settings.