Opus 2792
Western College ~ Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
Kumler Chapel
Kumler Chapel, completed in 1918 was adapted from a Romanesque church in France, built by Thomas Hastings.
It was a gift of Anna Kumler Wight and Ella Kumler McKelvy, daughters of a Presbyterian pastor. Its stained glass windows focus on women of the Bible and of Western College women. The chapel, with its outstanding acoustic, seats 235.
The original organ was built by Austin Organ Company in 1918, but had been silent for 30 years, due to a devastating steam leak and subsequent damage.
Only some of the pipework from this instrument remains. The new organ incorporates some of these vintage sounds, but is a new tonal
design that will serve the needs of this active space for performance, weddings, memorial services, teaching and practice for generations.
Two very different views of the chapel interior
SPECIFICATIONS
17 Ranks ~ 21 Stops
Austin Universal Airchest System - 5" wind pressure
Organ to be controlled by the MultiSystem from Solid State Organ Systems (100 level combination action)
Some pipework from the original organ will be retained and reconstructed to fit the new tonal design
GREAT
SWELL
PEDAL
8’ Open Diapason
8’ Bourdon (metal)
8’ Gemshorn (enclosed)
8’ Voix Celeste (encl. – to CC)
4’ Principal
2’ Fifteenth
Mixture, III
8’ Geigen Diapason
8’ Rohr Flute (wood)
8’ Viole de Gambe
8’ Viole Celeste (tc)
4’ Geigen Octave (ext)
4’ Concert Flute
2 2/3’ Nazard
8’ Horn
Tremulant
32’ Resultant
16’ Bourdon
16’ Gemshorn (gt)
8’ Bourdon (ext.)
4’ Octave (sw)
16’ Trombone (sw ext.)
New Austin console and the restored facade
The Organ being erected in the factory
Swell Division Pipework (left) --- Great Division Pipework (right)
Interior views of walk-in Airbox
