Cornell College

William Fletcher King Memorial Chapel
Merner/Pfeiffer Memorial Organ
600 First Street
Mount Vernon, IA 52314

(See separate entries for other instruments in King Chapel of Casavant and Moller.)
Builder: Kimball Co., W.W., 1931.
Manuals: 4
Ranks: 45
Pipes: 3,030
Stops: 63
Action: Electro-pneumatic

Notes: This organ was the Merner-Pfeiffer Memorial Organ. It was installed across the front
of the chapel and down the sides of the chancel. A large gold pipe façade spanned the
front.

The Kimball 'replaced' a 3-manual, 37-rank, 1898 Hook & Hastings – and almost all of
the H&H stops appear by name in the Kimball stoplist. It is not specifically known if
the Hook pipework was retained and revoiced for the Kimball, but there is evidence to suggest so. Subsequent organs (Moller and Casavant) may also have retained pipework.

The organ was dedicated Tuesday December 1, 1931 at 8:15 p.m. By William H. Barnes,
Mus. D. (assisted by his wife Edith McMillan Barnes at the piano).

The organ was enlarged in 1950 with funds from the estate of Miss Nellie R. Sherwood of Cedar Rapids. The additions were dedicated November 21, 1950.

College historial documents, James R. Stettner, and Organ Historical Society as of 2014.


GREAT (expressive)
16 Open Diapason 61
8 First Diapason 61
8 Second Diapason 61
8 Clarabella 61
4 Octave 61
4 Harmonic Flute 61
2.2/3 Twelfth 61
2 Fifteenth 61
8 Tromba 61
Tremolo
Chimes(Solo)
Swell to Great (16/8/4)
Choir to Great (16/8/4)
Solo to Great (16/8/4)

SWELL ORGAN
16 Bourdon 73
8 Open Diapason 73
8 Rohrflöte 73
8 Salicional 73
8 Voix Celeste 73
8 Flauto Dolce 73
8 Flute Celeste(TC) 61
4 Octave 73
4 Traverse Flute 73
Mixture IV [12th-15th-19th-22nd] 244
16 Wald Horn 73
8 Trumpet 73
8 Oboe 73
8 Vox Humana 61
4 Clarion 73
Tremolo
Vox Humana (Vibrate)
Harp 8 (Ch)
Celesta 4 (Ch)
Swell/Swell (16/Uni. Off/4)

CHOIR ORGAN (expressive)
16 Dulciana 73
8 Geigen 73
8 Concert Flute 73
8 Dulciana 12
8 Unda Maris (TC) 61
4 Flute d'Amour 61
4 Dulcet 12
2.2/3 Nazard 61
2 Piccolo 61
8 Clarinet 73
8 Orchestral Oboe 73
Tremolo
Harp 8 (TC – c) 49 (bars)
Celesta 4 (CC – c) 12 (ext)
Choir to Choir (16/Uni. Off/4)
Swell to Choir (16/8/4)

SOLO (Expressive)
8 Flauto Mirabilis 73
8 Gamba 73
8 Gamba Celeste 73
8 Tuba Mirabilis 73
8 English Horn 73
8 French Horn 73
Tremolo
Chimes (25 tubular Deagan)
Solo to Solo (16/Uni. Off/4)
Great to Solo(16/8/4)

PEDAL ORGAN
32 Acoustic Bass (derived resultant)
16 Open Diapason [wood] 32
16 Open Diapason (Gt)
16 Violone [Gamba] (Solo) 12
16 Bourdon 32
16 Echo Lieblich (Sw)
16 Dulciana (Ch)
8 Octave 12
8 Cello [Gamba] (Solo)
8 Flute12
8 Still Gedeckt (Sw)
4 Super Octave 12
4 Flute12
16 Trombone32
16 Wald Horn (Sw)
8 Wald Horn (Sw)
Chimes (Solo)
Great to Pedal (8/4)
Swell to Pedal (8/4)
Choir to Pedal (8/4)
Solo to Pedal (8/4)

FINGER PISTONS
Generals: 1 - 8
Solo: 1 - 8
Swell: 1 - 8
Great: 1 - 8
Choir: 1 - 8
Couplers: 1 - 8
Setter [w/lock]
General Cancel

REVERSIBLE FINGER PISTONS
Solo to Ped.
Sw. to Ped.
Gr. to Ped.
Ch. to Ped.
Sforzando
Gt. to Ped.

TOE STUDS
General: 1 – 8
Pedal: 1 – 8
Sforzando (reversible)

ACCESSORIES / SWITCHES
All Swells to Swell (On/Off)
Great – Ped. to Comb. (On/Off)
Swell – Ped. to Comb. (On/Off)
Choir – Ped. to Comb. (On/Off)
Solo – Ped. to Comb. (On/Off)
Chimes (Soft)
Chimes (Dampers Off)

PEDAL (BALANCED) MOVEMENTS
Solo Expression
Swell Expression
Great Expression
Choir Expression
Crescendo