2004-10-30/2019-09-18 - Note from the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). - Born March, 1897 in St. Louis, Missouri; son of Charles C. Kilgen, Sr., brother of Alfred G., George J., Henry C., Jean, Rudolph F., and Charles C. Kilgen, Jr.. Graduate of St. Louis Academy; graduate of St. Louis University; graduate School of Military Aeronautics, Austin, Texas, 1918. With father and brothers in George Kilgen & Son of St, Louis, Missouri, 1919, partner, 1924, central office manager, 1928; formed (E. R.) Kilgen Organ Co., 1939 after a dispute with his brothers. Sources: The Diapason December 1931, 3. The Diapason March 1938, 2. The Diapason September 1939, 2. The Diapason Dec. 1939, 24. Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.
2015-08-29/2020-04-09 - See main entries: Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. and: E. R. Kilgen Organ Co.
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