2004-10-30/2019-09-17 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Briefly known as Charles Kilgen & Son; one of the two rival Kilgen firms formed upon the liquidation of the George Kilgen & Son firm of St. Louis, Missouri, 1939; bankrupt, 1943. Staff: Carl Brandt; Hilary J. Burke; Leona Claiborne; Linville Endres; Charles Freeman; Virginia Fuch; Reuben Grant; Fay Harvey; Helen Harvey; Emil Hohreiter; Edward D. Holz; Albert Jarvis; William Johnson; Alfred G. Kilgen; Charles C. Kilgen, Jr.; George J. Kilgen; Walter Kouber; Ernest Kuhn; Anthony Lodes; Joseph Panus; Roy Phelps; Ann Schneider; Eddie M. Simmons; C. Albert Scholin; Anfine Soreson; Archie Uplinger; Viola Wadlow; Ben Wolken. Sources: Bankruptcy Petition: 1943. The Diapason, January 1940, 30. David L. Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, vol. 1 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985), 182. Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.
2015-08-29/2020-04-09 - The other rival firm formed after the liquidation of George Kilgen & Son was E. R. Kilgen Organ Co. formed by Eugene Kilgen (brother of Charles)
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