W. W. Kimball Co.
Opus 7035, 1928

Memphis Auditorium and Market House

Ellis Auditorium

Memphis, TN, US

115 Ranks - 7,636 Pipes
Instrument ID: 8569 ● Builder ID: 6456 ● Location ID: 7996
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
5 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal12 Divisions90 Stops122 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Jim Stettner on December 24th, 2021:
Updated through online information from Adam Pajan, -- I am writing with an update for Kimball Op. 7035. There is some inaccurate information in the notes about the instrument. The North Hall organ was donated to St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in Norman, Oklahoma in May 2014. After years of planning and fundraising, a contract has been signed with the Schantz Organ Company to renovate and install the majority of the instrument at St. Mark. The pedal originally had three independent stops, not one: a 16’ Open Diapason, a 16’ Subbass, and a unit 32’ Bombarde.

Database Manager on September 29th, 2009:
Updated through on-line information from Will Dunklin. -- The Ellis Auditorium of the Cook Convention Center was razed ca. 2000. The 40 rank side was sold to Bartlett United Methodist Church. The 75 rank side was sold to an individual in California. It is currently under renovation by Marlin Mackly of Fenton Missouri. In its original installation, this organ was in nine chambers: four facing south and four facing north and a single "echo" chamber a the far end of the north side. All pipes were under expression. Of the 115 ranks, there was only one independent pedal stop, the 32' 16' 8' Bombarde. All other pedal stops were borrowed from the manuals. Wind pressures ranged up to 35 inches for the solo reeds.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1996

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Actually 2 organs in a double auditorium. A 70+rk organ in the North Hall, and a 40+rk organ in the South Hall. 2 consoles, larger will play both organs. Smaller organ will probably be sold.

Related Instrument Entries: Milnar Organ Co. (2002) , Schantz Organ Co. (2023)

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