Better Pipe Organ Database

Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. / Chas. C. Kilgen (1908)

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sherman Center: Sanctuary; rear gallery
W5406 County Road SS
Random Lake, WI

Images

2020-11-20 - Composition foot trundles and expression shoe with Kilgen name (Photograph by Pr. Christopher Gillespie/Christopher Gillespie)

2020-11-20 - A shot of the left stopjamb only (Photograph by Pr. Christopher Gillespie/Christopher Gillespie)

2020-11-20 - A shot of the right stopjamb only (Photograph by Pr. Christopher Gillespie/Christopher Gillespie)

2020-11-20 - A shot of the builder's nameplate (Photograph by Pr. Christopher Gillespie/Christopher Gillespie)

2020-11-20 - A view of the organ in the gallery from the front of the church (Photograph by Pr. Christopher Gillespie/Christopher Gillespie)

2020-11-17 - Organ case (Photograph by Pr. Christopher Gillespie/Christopher Gillespie)

2020-11-17 - Facade and console (Photograph by Pr. Christopher Gillespie/Christopher Gillespie)

2020-11-17 - Console (Photograph by Pr. Christopher Gillespie/Christopher Gillespie)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
12 stops
12 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1969 -Database Manager

2019-02-07 - Updated by Pr. Christopher Gillespie, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br> -Database Manager

2019-02-07 - Updated by Christopher Gillespie, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>I have a brief article from 1976 that has some historic notes and a stop list. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the keydesk November 17, 2020

Sherman Center, Wisconsin
St. John's Lutheran Church

Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc., Opus ___, 1908 - Original Specifications


GREAT                                        COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Gr.  8'  Open Diapason                       Coupler Sw. to Ped.
Gr.  8'  Gamba                               Coupler Gr. to Ped.
Gr.  8'  Melodia
Gr.  8'  Dulciana                            Coupler Sw. to Gr.
Gr.  4'  Octave
Gr.  2'  Fifteenth 2'
                                             FOOT TRUNDLES (Labeled; l-r)
SWELL (Expressive)                           Great Piano -
Sw.  8'  Violin Diapason
Sw.  8'  Salicional                          Great Forte -
Sw.  8'  Stop Diapason
Sw.  4'  Flute Harmonique
Sw.  4'  Violina                             PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Sw.      Tremolo                             Swell Expression          (bal.)
 
PEDAL
Ped. 16' Bourdon 16'                         MISC. CONTROLS
                                             Bellows Signal


ACTION: Mech. Key     VOICES: 12     STOPS: 12     RANKS: 12     PIPES: ___
           & Stop

Documents

(1976-12-09) St. John Improves on Old Organ Sound Reprinted from The Sounder, December 9, 1976. -Christopher Gillespie

Websites

St. John Ev. Lutheran Church & School - Sherman Center - Streaming media from Divine Service utilizing the organ. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)