Better Pipe Organ Database

Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 4763 (1931 ca.)

St. Patrick's Catholic Church: Sanctuary
110 E Third Street
Maysville, KY

Images

2021-05-27 - Board from original shipping crate addressed to "Rev. Rohrer / St. Patrick's Ch. / Maysville KY" (Photograph by Don Daley, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-05-27 - Decorative Swell shoe (Photograph by Don Daley, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-05-27 - Nameplate (Photograph by Don Daley, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-05-27 - Organ case and façade (Photograph by Don Daley, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
10 stops
10 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: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Geo. Kilgen & Son (c. 1900). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Kilgen ledger index, Job No. 4763 is for installation of a used organ here. -Database Manager

2013-11-15 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- Note that church has digital instrument, so this Kilgen may be only rarely played. -Database Manager

2021-05-27 - "Another Kilgen is located in St. Patrick's RC Church Maysville. It is almost identical to the one in Kirksville, Ky (Organ ID 4659) except that the orginal stenciling remains on the display pipes." (from earlier posted empty stoplist) The organ contains wood from shipping crates that shows St. Patrick's Church name and address; another supprt board for the Pedal Bourdon shows also a boxed "K" logo with the hand written text: "Organ #23, West Detroit". This may identify where the c. 1900 Kilgen organ came from. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

At some point in its history, Schaedle Organ Svc. replaced original pipework to install the Great Fifteenth and the Swell Quint and Octave 2' Source: Taken from photo of console stop jambs

GREAT (61 notes) Open Diapason 8, Dulciana 8, Principal 4, Quint 2⅔ (later replacement), Fifteenth 2 (later replacement), Blank knob

SWELL (61 notes, expressive) Gedeckt 8, Salicional 8, Flute 4, Octave 2 (later replacement), Tremolo

PEDAL (30 notes) Bourdon 16, Blank knob

COUPLERS (Drawknobs on bottom row, left jamb) Swell to Pedal, Great to Pedal, Swell to Great

PEDAL MOVEMENTS Swell Expression (balanced)

Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Maysville, Kentucky
c. 1900 Geo. Kilgen & Son/c. 1931 Geo. Kilgen & Son, Op. 4763

"Another Kilgen is located in St. Patrick's RC Church Maysville. It is almost identical to the one in Kirksville, Ky (Organ ID 4659) except that the orginal stenciling remains on the display pipes."


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