2014-12-25 - Organ Case (Photograph by Stephen M. McMullen/Database Manager)
2014-12-25 - Console and Organ Case (Photograph by Stephen M. McMullen/Database Manager)
2005-07-27 - St. Louis AGO shows the date as 1940. The church is on the Kilgen Index for Op. 3247 (c. 1923), 4950 (c. 1932), 4965(c. 1932), 5109 (c. 1933). Possibly a 1930's rebuild of the 1923 Kilgen organ with some later additions? (The church is also listed for a 1928 Wicks, Op. 812, 2/13.). In an 1897 building. (Information from the AGO St. Louis Chapter Yearbook, 2004-2005, the Kilgen ledger index, and the Wicks opus list.) The church was closed as a parish in 2005 and opened as a chapel. -Database Manager
2011-08-13 - Updated through online information from Stephen M. McMullen. -- Organ is playable, in use, and TUNED. Some combination pistons are broken off flush with the console. -Database Manager
2011-08-31 - Updated through online information from Stephen M. McMullen. -- Odd. This organ is the only one I have ever seen that has no mixtures or mutation stops. -Database Manager
2012-03-12 - Updated through online information from Ron Yeater. -- This is a strange one! It has Wicks direct-electric main chests, but playing through Kilgen EP relays. There were two additional ranks, a Clarinet and a Vox Humana, on Kilgen unit chests, but they have since disappeared. The console is Kilgen. The case looks 19th century. -Database Manager
2014-06-23 - Updated through online information from Stephen M. McMullen. -Database Manager
2015-07-24 - Updated through online information from Stephen M. McMullen. -- New information. In the fall of 2014, reconditioned Wicks (1974) keyboards were installed replacing the original ones. All pipes now respond. In July of this year reconditioned combination action was installed. All pistons functioning. -Database Manager
2022-01-05 - There has been a lot of mystery and uncertainty regarding this composite organ. Examination of the organ by St. Louis organ builder Christopher Soer has revealed much information. The chronology of the organ presently appears to be: J.G. Pfeffer & Son, ca. 1897 Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc., Opus 3427, 1925....................New 1/2 hp blower Wicks Organ Co., Opus 812, 1928................................Electrification & Rebuild Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc., Opus 4950 & 4963, 1932........Tonal additions Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc., Opus 5109, 1933....................New Blower Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc., Opus 7087, ca. 1949..............New Console -Jim Stettner
Source: Taken fom the console (via video)
St. Louis, Missouri
St. John Nepomuk Roman Catholic Church
J.G. Pfeffer & Son, ca. 1897
Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc., Opus 3427, 1925 - New 1/2 hp blower
Wicks Organ Co., Opus 812, 1928 - Electrification & Rebuild
Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc., Opus 4950 & 4963, 1932 - Tonal additions
Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc., Opus 5109, 1933 - New Blower
Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc., Opus 7087, ca. 1949 - New Console
GREAT
8' Open Diapason 61 J.G. Pfeffer & Son
8' Doppel Flute 61 Wicks 1928
8' Gamba 61 Wicks 1928 labial Oboe
8' Melodia 61 J.G. Pfeffer & Son (?)
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8' Dulciana 61 Wicks 1928
4' Principal 61 J.G. Pfeffer & Son
4' Zauber Flute 61 Wicks 1928 'Rohflute'
2' Piccolo 12 Extension of Zauber Flute
Tremolo
Chimes (20)
Great to Great 16'
Unison Off
Great to Great 4'
SWELL (Expressive)
16' Bourdon 12 Wicks 1928
8' Gedeckt 61 Wicks 1928
8' Salicional 61 Kilgen 1932
8' Violina 61 Wicks 1928
8' Voix Celeste (tc) 49 ???
4' Salicet 12 Kilgen 1932
4' Flute 12 Wicks 1928
8' Trumpet 61 ??? Newer. Replaced Clarinet?
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Tremolo
Swell to Swell 16'
Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4'
PEDAL
16' Subbass 32 J.G. Pfeffer & Son
16' Bourdon (Sw) --
8' Violin Diapason (Sw) --
COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal 8,4
Great to Pedal 8,4
Swell to Great 16,8,4
FINGER PISTONS
General 1 - 4
Swell 1 - 4
Great 1 - 4
TOE STUDS
Gr. to Ped. (rev)
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
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