Pipe Organ Database

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Farrand & Votey Organ Co. (1897)

Location:

First Church, Methodist
Main St.
Kimball, NE 69145 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 72260

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Methodist Churches
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on December 02, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 3 divisions. 2 manuals.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Built by Farrand & Votey Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on December 02, 2022.

Swell (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Built by Farrand & Votey Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on December 02, 2022.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Built by Farrand & Votey Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on December 02, 2022.
Main:
  • Built by Farrand & Votey Organ Co.
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on December 02, 2022.
Jim Stettner on December 02, 2022:

This entry reresents the installation of a new organ. Identified from a related OHS Database entry. The church was completed in 1887, and the Methodists worshipped in it until 1916 when they built a new edifice. It was sold then to St. John's Lutheran congregation who used the building until 1954 when they, too, abandoned the building for a new, larger home. The church has been vacant since 1954.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on December 02, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: 1011now.com, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. May, 2018

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