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Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 3920 (1928)

St. Patrick's Catholic Cathedral: Chancel
Fifth Avenue & 50th Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

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unknown - Chancel case (Photograph by Steve Lawson, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

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Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1995. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Chancel organ. Dedicated 30 Jan 1928. Chancel divisions were not playable from Gallery console at this time. -Database Manager

2021-02-05 - Church website and history lists the number of pipes in the chancel organ as 1480. Was made playable from the gallery with the installation of the Turner gallery console in 1993. The new Turner console allowing the chancel organ to play the gallery was installed in early 1994. -Paul R. Marchesano


Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: from <i>The Diapason</i>, August 1, 1927 Date not recorded

New York City, New York
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral - Chancel

Geo. Kilgen & Son   Opus 3920   1928               3 manuals, 18 stops, 18 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN (enc. with CH)                SWELL ORGAN
     16' Diapason               73             16' Bourdon                97
      8' First Open Diapason    61 *            8' Open Diapason          73
      8' Second Open Diapason   --              8' Stopped Diap. (Bdn)    --
      8' Philomela              61 *            8' Salicional             73
      8' Viol de Gamba          CH              8' Voix Celeste (TC)      61
      8' Melodia                CH              8' Aeoline                73
      8' Dulciana               73              4' Flute d'Amour (Bdn)    --
      4' Octave                 --              4' Violina (fr. Salic)    --
      4' Flute                  CH              2' Flautina (fr. Bdn)     --
      2' Flute Octaviante       CH              8' Cornopean              73
      8' Tuba                   73              8' Oboe                   73
      4' Tuba Clarion (fr. 8')  --              8' Vox Humana             73
         Ripieno V              --
         * unenclosed                              PEDAL ORGAN
                                               32' Resultant              --
         CHOIR ORGAN (enc. with GT)            16' Open Diapason (ext GT) 12
     16' Bass Flute (TC)        --             16' Bourdon                44
     16' Contra Dulciana (TC)   GT             16' Lieblich Gedeckt       SW
      8' Open Diapason          GT              8' Bass Flute (fr. Bdn)   --
      8' Violoncello            73              8' Dulce Flute            SW
      8' Melodia                85              8' Violoncello            CH
      8' Quintadena             73                 Ripieno
      8' Dulce                  GT
      4' Flute (fr. Melodia)    --                 RIPIENO
      4' Fugara (fr. Vlncello)  --                 Great Ripieno to draw:
      4' Dulcet                 GT              8' Open Diapason
      2' Piccolo (fr. Melodia)  --              8' Second Open Diapason
      8' Orchestral Oboe (Syn)  --              8' Melodia
      8' Clarinet               73              4' Octave
         Chimes                 25 tubes        2' Flute Octaviante

                                                   Pedal Ripieno as in Great with
                                               16' Open Diapason
                                                8' Violoncello
                                                8' Bass Flute


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-01-27]


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