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Topeka KS, USA (Kansas) - Auditorium
Municipal: Topeka KS
Region:Shawnee County
Address: 2200 South West Gage Boulevard, 66622, Topeka, KS
Description nr.: 2045640.
Built by: W.W. Kimball Company (1905)
Demolished (1940)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 16', 1st Open Diapason 8', 2nd Open Diapason 8', Double Flute 8', Gamba 8', Gemshorn 8', Octave 4', Hohlflute 4', Twelfth 2 2.3, Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Tuba 16', Trumpet 8', Tuba Clarion 4'.
Orchestral Organ (C-c''''): Contra Gamba 16', Violin Diapason 8', Melodia 8', Viola d'Orchestra 8', Dulciana 8', Flute Traverso 4', Piccolo 2', Clarinet 8', Tremolo, Glockenspiel (20 tubular chimes).
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Vox Celeste 8', Æoline 8', Quintadena 8', Flute Harmonic 4', Violina 4', Flautina 2', Dolce Cornet 3 ranks, Contra Fagott 16', Cornopean 8', Oboe-Bassoon 8', Vox Humana 8', Tremolo.
Solo Organ (C-c''''): Stentorphone 8', Concert Flute 8', Hohlpfeife 4', Tuba Major 16', Tuba Mirabilis 8', Tremolo.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Double Open Diapason 32', Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Dulciana 16', Violone 16', Flute 8', Violoncello 8', Trombone 16'.
Couplers: Orchestral to Great, Swell to Great, Solo to Great, Swell to Orchestral, Solo to Swell, Great to Solo, Great to Pedal, Orchestral to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Solo to Pedal, Swell to Great Super Octave, Orchestral to Great Sub Octave, Solo Super Octave, Pedal Octaves.
Accessories: 12 adjustable combination pistons.
Topeka KS, USA (Kansas) - Auditorium
Municipal: Topeka KS
Region:Shawnee County
Address: 2200 South West Gage Boulevard, 66622, Topeka, KS
Description nr.: 2045640.
Built by: W.W. Kimball Company (1905)
Demolished (1940)
- The Kimball Organ Company built an organ in 1904 for the auditorium in Topeka, Kansas. The instrument was inaugurated on February 17, 1905 with a concert, in which various musicians and choirs participated. An organ concert was also given by Clarence Eddy and George B. Penny.
- In 1940 a new Auditorium was built, and the Kimball organ has not been installed again. The instrument was dismantled.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 14 |
| - Orchestral Organ | 8 |
| - Swell Organ | 15 |
| - Solo Organ | 5 |
| - Pedal Organ | 8 |
| Total number of stops | 50 |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 16', 1st Open Diapason 8', 2nd Open Diapason 8', Double Flute 8', Gamba 8', Gemshorn 8', Octave 4', Hohlflute 4', Twelfth 2 2.3, Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Tuba 16', Trumpet 8', Tuba Clarion 4'.
Orchestral Organ (C-c''''): Contra Gamba 16', Violin Diapason 8', Melodia 8', Viola d'Orchestra 8', Dulciana 8', Flute Traverso 4', Piccolo 2', Clarinet 8', Tremolo, Glockenspiel (20 tubular chimes).
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Vox Celeste 8', Æoline 8', Quintadena 8', Flute Harmonic 4', Violina 4', Flautina 2', Dolce Cornet 3 ranks, Contra Fagott 16', Cornopean 8', Oboe-Bassoon 8', Vox Humana 8', Tremolo.
Solo Organ (C-c''''): Stentorphone 8', Concert Flute 8', Hohlpfeife 4', Tuba Major 16', Tuba Mirabilis 8', Tremolo.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Double Open Diapason 32', Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Dulciana 16', Violone 16', Flute 8', Violoncello 8', Trombone 16'.
Couplers: Orchestral to Great, Swell to Great, Solo to Great, Swell to Orchestral, Solo to Swell, Great to Solo, Great to Pedal, Orchestral to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Solo to Pedal, Swell to Great Super Octave, Orchestral to Great Sub Octave, Solo Super Octave, Pedal Octaves.
Accessories: 12 adjustable combination pistons.
| Literature |
The Topeka Auditorium Pipe Organ : Dedication Concert Friday Evening, February Seventeenth 1905. |