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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.
1936 Kilgen organ (4/96) opus 5180 for the Shrine of the Little Flower. [9] At the time of the installation Fr. Charles Coughlin was pastor of the shrine. 1924 Kimball organ for the Ellis Auditorium of Memphis TN moved in 2002 to Bartlett United Methodist Church by the Milnar Organ Company.
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.
The Tabernacle organ is considered to be one of the finest examples of the American Classic style of organ building. [4] [5] The casework was inspired by the design of the Boston Music Hall organ (which is now housed, since 1909, at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall), the original organ was built in 1863-1867 by an Englishman, Joseph Ridges ...
Pipe Organ Services Ltd. (c.1985–present)- formerly Salisbury, and since 1996 Saxby, Melton Mowbray. [ 77 ] Positive Organ Company Ltd (2020–present) – Brackley , Northamptonshire [ 78 ]
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"
HORC reports that as of 2024, 95% of the Ballroom Kimball Organ and 67% of the Main Auditorium Midmer-Losh Organ are operational again, [24] the latter including most of the pipe ranks in the Right Stage, Left Stage and Left Forward chambers. Restoration work is ongoing and proceeding, as the organs' 100th anniversary approaches in 2029–2032.
A restored 1929 Kimball pipe organ was installed in the theatre in 1975. Famous organist, Larry Ferrari , once played the organ, calling it a "magnificent instrument." In 2005, the Kimball organ was sold to the Chicago Historical Society and replaced with a Wurlitzer (Opus 585) pipe organ, which was originally installed in Shea's Hippodrome ...