With the Phippses dismayed, the organ crew demoralized, and the dean and Boothroyd disappointed, Kimball still managed to claim pride in their achievement. Palmer Christian played the dedicatory recital May 18. Kimball head voicer George Michel had already begun tonal finishing on March 13, completing it on April 11 in time for Easter.

Not until March 22 was the entire organ all in. It finally arrived November 13, and Meunier got it playing for Christmas amid an atmosphere of heavy disappointment. The senator even suggested optimal train routing for the first carload, containing the Swell and some of the Pedal. When the first trainload kept not arriving, nerves began to fray: from local organ man Fred Meunier (a key part of the Christmas promise) to Senator Phipps (who hadnвЂ™t wanted Kimball in the first place), and especially Cathedral organist Carl Staps (piqued at having been kept at armвЂ™s length). The original 80 ranks eventually grew to 95 Kimball threw in a Choir 4вЂІ Viola to make 96, all the while keeping to the Christmas deadline. Even with production still high in the 1930s, this was a daunting schedule, not helped when Boothroyd kept adding stops, which the Phippses kept happily funding. Once again, Kimball promised quick delivery: 80 ranks in six months, by Christmas 1937. Paul Roberts, was installed as dean of Denver, Boothroyd became the CathedralвЂ™s de facto organ advisor. StephenвЂ™s Episcopal Church in Colorado Springs (1928 Welte with 1936 Kimball additions), Boothroyd probably drafted the stoplist for the Phipps Kimball. Close friend of the Phippses and organist at GraceвЂ“St. Thus, to get Kimball back in the running for the Cathedral job, sophisticated nudging was needed, which came in the person of George Boothroyd. Phipps played the piano and organ, and had a 1933 Kimball at home-an instrument that was not delivered on time, irritating the senator, who had intended the organ as a surprise Christmas gift. Beneath the Great stopknobs is the original expression arranger (inset), which permits the four swell boxes to be assigned to any expression pedal. The 1938 console exudes KimballвЂ™s streamlined Moderne styling. Phipps to envision a new organ in the Episcopal Cathedral in the judgeвЂ™s memory ringing forth on Christmas 1937. Judge Rogers died on December 25, 1928, leading Mrs. PhippsвЂ™s father, Judge Platt Rogers (1850вЂ“1928), mayor of Denver 1891вЂ“93. The gift of Senator Lawrence and Margaret Phipps, the Kimball is placed in memory of Mrs.

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