W. W. Kimball Co.
1910

Grand Avenue Congregational Church / Irish Cultural and Heritage Center

2133 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI, US

Instrument ID: 50640 ● Builder ID: 6456 ● Location ID: 44435
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note PedalElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ 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: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on January 13th, 2013:

Updated through online information from Ryan Mueller. -- The organ was completed and installed in the Grand Avenue Congregational Church in 1910. This organ is one of the oldest organs in Milwaukee and has gone through several renovations. The first of these was done in 1922 by the Wangerin-Weickhardt Organ Company of Milwaukee. The organ was completely rebuilt and enlarged again in 1964.

Database Manager on December 5th, 2012:

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.
Identified by Ryan Mueller, based on personal knowledge of the organ.
-- The church used to be the Grand Avenue Congregational Church from 1886 up until 1996 when the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center bought it.

Related Instrument Entries: Wangerin-Weickhardt Co. (1923) , Berschdorf Organ Co. (1964)

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