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was acquired by the Jasper Corporation of Jasper, Indiana, in 1959. Kimball ceased pipe organ production on Septemdue to war time restrictions the company made laboratory furniture during World War II. The firm acquired Welte-Tripp Organ Corporation of South Beach, Connecticut, in 1931. It ceased reed organ production on September 30, 1922. 'Roxys idea of having the Kimball organ installed beneath the stage was so the organ could build up the orchestra for thunderous effects and climaxes, the sounds emanating from the same location. The firm acquired Lansing Music Co., 1889. consoles flanking a 5-manual master console in the pit, each on its own elevator.

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The company originally sold products of other firms it began manufacturing: reed organs, 1859 pianos, 1887 portable pipe organs, 1891 and 'stationary' pipe organs, 1894. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991).

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We received the most recent update for this note from Database Managerįrom the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H.

Bösendorfer GmbH, accessed February 5, 2017,.

Kimball International, accessed February 5, 2017.

Kimball remains in business as a manufacturer of office furniture, but no longer has any connection with the making of musical instruments. It is now a subsidiary of the Yamaha Corp for marketing and finance, but remains an independent manufacturing operation. The Bösendorfer piano brand continued unaffected, but was sold to Austrian buyers in 2002. The demise of Kimball's second reign as leading piano producer came about slowly due to the decline in piano and organ purchases through the 1980s and 1990s the electronic organs were phased out in the 1980s, and the parent company closed the Kimball piano subsidiary in February 1996.

In 1974, the company changed names and became Kimball International. In 1966, Jasper purchased the Austrian piano maker firm, Bösendorfer. By 1969, Kimball was once again the world's largest piano company. Piano production was relocated to West Baden, Indiana, where the company gained a new life and began to grow. The firm was sold to the Jasper Corporation, a maker of cabinetry and office furniture, in 1959. The piano division did not do well after the war, the new factory in Melrose Park was a major financial strain, and the quality of its instruments were not up to the standards of pre-war production. The piano division also had a branch building small electronic organs, mostly home entertainment devices. Kimball did not resume pipe organ production after the war, but did resume piano production. From the OHS Organ Database Builders editor, Stephen Hall, February 5, 2017.