9 Foot Kimball

[Pianoman]

Kimball, IMHO, has layaways been a great pipe organ.  I used to own a 
KImball, circa 1921, 2m/9r from the Grand Theatre, Wheaton, Il.

James
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: 9 Foot Kimball


> Nope. The 9' Chickerings were there, but the Kimball
> organ ( in the ballroom, not the main auditorium
> Aelian-Skinner ) had the 9' Kimball-Welte hooked up to
> play from it. I'm guessing that Kimball didn't want an
> Ampico product connected to their organ. I came by the
> piano through circuitous serendipity
> ( Luck ).
>     By the way: Doug Hunt, international expert and
> curator for organs at the Cathedral of St. John the
> Divine in N.Y., said, when asked by me, that this
> Kimball was the best-made  organ he had ever seen.
> Held up far better to the sea-breezes, than the A-S.
>     Ask Robin Hufford, if you have more questions. He
> got one of the Chickerings, and was "instrumental" in
> returning the Kimball to N.J..
>     Thump
>
>
> --- Pianoman <pianoman at accessus.net> wrote:
>
>> I have been under the impression that the Atlantic
>> City organ had 2- 9'
>> Chickerings originally.
>> JAMES
>> James Grebe   Piano Tuning & Repair   Member of
>> M.P.T.
>> R.P.T. of the P.T.G. for over 30 years.   "Member of
>> the Year" in 1989
>>    Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups, Piano
>> Benches, Writing
>> Instruments
>> (314) 845-8282   1526 Raspberry Lane   Arnold, MO
>> 63010
>> Researcher of St. Louis Theatre History
>> BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE!
>> pianoman at accessus.net
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
>> To: "Dave Davis" <dave at davispiano.com>; "Pianotech
>> List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 8:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: 9 Foot Kimball
>>
>>
>> >2 years ago I sold the 9-foot Kimbal-Welte
>> reproducing
>> > piano back to the Atlantic City Convention Center
>> that
>> > was originally installed to play manually, from
>> the
>> > organ keyboard, or from Welte rolls. It was a
>> > reasonably good sounding piano, built in 1928, and
>> had
>> > a curved keyboard ( rears of keys were in an arc).
>> I
>> > don't remember where the serial # was, but I
>> believe
>> > it was on the inside of the keyslip.
>> >     Thump
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --- Dave Davis <davistunes at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I got a call to go take a look at a 9 foot
>> Kimball.
>> >> The potential buyer & seller couldn't find a
>> serial
>> >> number, looks like the plate has been painted,
>> and
>> >> they looked in the *normal* spots I could think
>> of
>> >> over the phone...under keybed, soundboard, etc.
>> >> Anyone have any other thoughts where secret
>> Kimball
>> >> serial numbers might be located?
>> >>
>> >> Also, any info on when and how many 9'ers might
>> have
>> >> been made? A colleague says he saw one in LA
>> about
>> >> 25 years ago.
>> >>
>> >> Dave Davis, RPT
>> >
>> >
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