David Bruce Newman
1971

Removed in 2021 by Quimby Pipe Organs to be rebuilt and installed in St. Bernard's Parish, Madison, Wisconsin.

I inspected the organ on 27 April 2020 on behalf of a potential purchaser who also shared the original Skinner blueprints with me. With the exception of one pouchrail in the Choir, which was removed to repair water damage and has yet to be returned, the organ is completely intact and at least partially playable. There are three large chambers with slatwork floors creating a space for reservoirs, trems, etc. below stage level. Almost all of the pitman chests are mounted at stage level with the exception of the Choir, which had a raised room built around it within the Solo (left) chamber. The Choir has its own tone opening, and this is the only opening to the auditorium which uses the orginal Skinner shades. The other chambers are fronted with (Kimball?) individual-action shades; the rest of the Skinner shades are on the back wall of the organ enclosure facing large doors which can be opened to allow the organ to be heard outside. The Swell, in its original double-stacked configuration, shares the right chamber with the pipework and toy counter of a Kimball theatre organ (which is also fed by the Skinner's wind supply). The Kimball console has been disconnected and now resides in the building's lobby; the Skinner console is on an elevator. The Great and Pedal divisions, originally unenclosed and divided between the two chambers, have been consolidated in the center chamber; an extra expression shoe was added to the console. The 32' Pedal reed, as noted elsewhere, is a twelve-pipe extension of the Solo Tuba, but was always outside the Solo box.

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.

Updated through online information from Michael Fox. -- 32' Open Diapason is present. Pedal Trombone unit is not independent as shown in stoplist, but duplexed from Solo 16'-8'-4' unit.

Status Note: There 1997

From Portland Civic Auditorium. Restored and installed by David Bruce Newman 1971-1975. This building also houses a Kimball theatre organ said to have come from Spokane, WA.