File:The Historic Union Sunday School Kimball Organ, Clermont, Iowa.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (2,304 × 3,072 pixels, file size: 1.9 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Description
The Historic Union Sunday School Kimball Organ

The Union Sunday School was originally built as a Presbyterian Church in 1858. In the 1870s it became non-denominational and renamed the Union Sunday School. In 1896, Gov. and Mrs. Wm. Larrabee ordered a magnificent organ from the Kimball Company in Chicago for the Union Sunday School. Now completely restored and completely operational, it remains a showpiece of the town. The pressed-tin ceiling is original to the building. The drop lights were added after electricity was installed in 1910.Walls and windows are very plain, typical of a New England church. The divided sanctuary was used to separate the male and the female congregation. The building is now the property of the Iowa State Historical Society and is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. It is currently used for organ recitals and Christmas Vesper Services. See our calendar of events for scheduled organ recitals and Vesper Services.

The decorative pipes are original in color and size.

The walnut case of the Kimball Pipe Organ measures 20 feet long, 11 feet deep and 7 1/2 feet high. The pipes extend up to make a height of more than 16 feet. Encased in a massive walnut cabinet the organ consists of two keyboards with 61 notes each and a flat pedal board of 30 notes and 27 sets of pipes. The instrument had to be hand-pumped until 1910, when an electri blower was installed. The organ can still be operated manually. The organ action is tubular pneumatic. Far Right: Close up of a free-standing altar. Before the organ came, the choir was in the space where the altar is now. The choir loft was then moved to the back of the church.

Organ enthusiasts will note that the pedals are not curved as they are in today's modern organs, thus making the playing of this organ difficult due to the wide stretch.


The Union Sunday School houses one of the first lending libraries west of the Mississippi. The lending library was part of the Union Sunday School where children and adults could check out books on Sunday. One person in charge would write down the person's name and the name of the book to be returned the following Sunday in good condition. All of the books were donated by the Larrabee family. The collection includes fiction, non-fiction, a collection of Shakespeare, and books typical of that era highlighting stories with moral values.
Date
Source Flickr: The Historic Union Sunday School Kimball Organ
Author kc7fys
Permission
(Reusing this file)
This image, which was originally posted to Flickr, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 3 April 2013, 09:56 by Clusternote. On that date, it was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the license indicated.
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current09:56, 3 April 2013Thumbnail for version as of 09:56, 3 April 20132,304 × 3,072 (1.9 MB)Flickr upload bot (talk | contribs)Uploaded from http://flickr.com/photo/14179298@N00/1234096964 using Flickr upload bot

You cannot overwrite this file.

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:The_Historic_Union_Sunday_School_Kimball_Organ,_Clermont,_Iowa.jpg&oldid=948020706"