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Kansas City Organ Service & Supply Co. (1940s)

Originally Austin Organ Co. (Opus 994, 1922)

Location:

St. John's College
Winfield, KS US
Organ ID: 63401

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Colleges and Universities
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Benjamin Clark on November 23, 2020.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP unit
  • 4 ranks. 2 divisions. 2 manuals. 4 stops. 27 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): EP unit chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Austin Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on November 06, 2022.

Swell (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): EP unit chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Austin Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on November 06, 2022.
Main:
  • Built by Austin Organ Co.
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 2
  • Stops: 4
  • Registers: 27
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys above top manual.
  • Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' pneumatic/mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on November 06, 2022.
Jim Stettner on November 06, 2022:

The Open Diapason rank is non-expressive, so there is a Great and a Swell division. The Pedal has no independent registers - hence 2 divisions.

The photos I've posted were sent to me by a gentleman I knew long ago who was a musician in Winfield, and whose name escapes me now.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on November 06, 2022.
Database Manager on August 05, 2018:

This entry describes a new home for an organ that was relocated without either tonal or mechanical changes. - Identified by Benjamin Clark

This organ was purchased by St. John's College for use as a practice instrument. The college auctioned off many of their assets, including this organ, in the mid-1970s in order to forestall bankruptcy.

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on November 23, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Builder's nameplate: Photograph by Benjamin Clark. Taken on 2020-11-23

Organ case and facade visible through door: Photograph by Source Unknown, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. 1970's

Console: Photograph by Source Unknown, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. 1970's

Console: manuals and stops: Photograph by Source Unknown, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. 1970's

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