Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry C. Kilgen

St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church / St. Augustine's Cultural Center
113 Virginia Street
Austin, NV

Images

2013-10-12 - Organ in Gallery (Photograph by Michael D. Friesen/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
9 stops
10 registers
2 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 Radiating
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2005-04-13 - A history of St. Augustine indicates that the Henry Kilgen organ was built in St. Louis in 1867. However, Henry Kilgen operated in St. Louis off and on from 1873 to c. 1900. Either the 1867 organ was by another builder, or the Kilgen is a replacement. -Database Manager

2009-08-29 - Updated through online information from Mike Friesen. -Database Manager

2014-09-17 - The organ was restored in 2014 by Charles Ruggles with the assistance of Michael Friesen and Howard Bennett. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Specification from <i>The American Organist</i>, January 2016 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Austin, Nevada
St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church
St. Augustine's Cultural Center

Henry C. Kilgen   1884
Restored by Charles M. Ruggles   2013

1 manual, 10 registers, 9 stops, 9 ranks
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          MANUAL
       8' Open Diapason      61
       8' Unison Bass        12
       8' Stop Diapason (TC) 49
       8' Melodia (TC)       49
       8' Dulciana           49
       4' Principal          61
       4' Flute Harmonic     61
   2 2/3' Twelfth            61
       2' Fifteenth          61

          PEDAL (unenclosed at rear)
      16' Bourdon            27

          MECHANICALS
          Pedal Coupler (drawknob)
          Pedal Check   (drawknob)
          Piano Combination Pedal
          Forte Combination Pedal
          Expression Pedal

    NOTES
    All manual pipes enclosed except
    facade pipes and four unison basses.

    Pitches are not shown on drawknobs.


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-01-11]

Documents

(2014-09-22) Specifications Stoplist, pipe scales and construction details -Database Manager