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Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. (1913)

OHS convention: 1989

Images

Unknown - Organ Case and Pipe Display (www.neworleanschurches.com, courtesy of Mr. J. Veerman (between 2001 and 2018)/Database Manager)

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
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
• Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
• Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1989 -Database Manager

2011-10-27 - Posted to Piporg-L October 25, 2011 by Roy Redman: -- The organ was renovated by Redman Organ Company in 1998; assisted by members of the New Orleans Organ Historical Society. Sharon Redman releathered the reservoir and feeders for hand pumping. She also refinished the front pipes, including duplicate stenciling. -Database Manager

2019-02-08 - Updated by Robert Zanca, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>The church edifice has been condemned. The congregation is now meeting at another site. The organ is still in place. The future of the building and organ are uncertain at this time. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: from a recital program I played 7 Apr 2013, stoplist presumed to be from the stop faces

Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. (1913)
Parker Memorial United Methodist Church
New Orleans, LA

Great:
8 Open Diapason
8 Melodia
8 Dulciana
4 Octave
2 Fifteenth

Swell:
8 Violin Diapason
8 Stop Diapason
8 Aeoline
4 Violina
4 Flute Harmonic
8 Oboe Gamba

Pedal:
16 Bourdon

Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Pedal, Great to Pedal

Mechanical Assists: Great Piano, Great Forte

Stoplist from Roy Redman Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

New Orleans, Louisiana
Parker Memorial United Methodist

Organ by Geo. Kilgen & Son, 1913

This organ is in completely original condition, including the cone tuning, and hand pumped feeders:

Great                       Swell                     Pedal

8’ Open Diapason            8' Violin Diapason        16' Bourdon
8’ Melodia                  8' Stop Diapason
8’ Dulciana                 8' Aeoline
4’ Octave                   4' Violina
2’ Fifteenth                4' Flute Harmonic
                            8' Oboe Gamba
                               Tremulant


Couplers                    Mechanical Assists

Gr. to Ped.                 Great piano
Sw. to Ped.                 Great forte
Sw. to Gr.

[Posted to PIPORG-L October 26, 2011]

Websites

• Vision, Op. 156, No. 5 - Piece by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger. Performed by Rosalind Mohnsen. Produced by The Organ Historical Society in 1989 with the title: Historic Organs of New Orleans: Seventeen Historic Pipe Organs, The Bayous to Natchez (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)
• Marcia Religiosa - Piece by Horatio Parker. Performed by Rosalind Mohnsen. Produced by The Organ Historical Society in 1989 with the title: Historic Organs of New Orleans: Seventeen Historic Pipe Organs, The Bayous to Natchez (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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