W. W. Kimball Co.
1910

Jim Stettner on December 9th, 2021:
From the "Our History" section of the parish website -- "The church building at 4th and Jefferson was sold and the funds were used for the new building. The architects, John Bennes and E. E. McClaran, used the Akron model. Allen of Portland was the builder. Church members helped build the church including teams of members that laid the bricks. The building cost $18,600 including the steam heat and the 61 stained glass windows and 4 large memorial windows comprising 827 square feet of stained glass. The stained glass windows were created by the Povey Bros. Studio of Portland, Oregon. With the cost of the organ at $5,000, furnishings, the total cost went up to $25,000. The new building at 8th and Monroe was completed and dedicated in October 1910. The building housed the first pipe organ in Corvallis (the fourth in the state [Editor's Note: This is errant. There were at least 32 pipe organs pre-dating the 1910 Kimball] ). The Kimball organ had 1000 pipes. It was dedicated in 1910 with a community concert. The organ recital that year was considered the beginning of our church as a center for music and other community events.

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Jim Stettner on December 9th, 2021:
This entry represents the installation of a new pipe organ, based on documented extant pipework in a new organ at the same church, and online church history and photos. The organ was electrified sometime after 1955. In 1976, Balcom and Vaughan of Seattle, Washington replaced the Kimball with a new 3-manual instrument retaining 11-or-so ranks.