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Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 5745 (1937)

SS. Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Church
214 East Eighth Street
Chattanooga, TN

Images

2006-11-02 - Sanctuary interior from balcony (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2006-11-02 - Sanctuary interior, gallery and case (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1984-11-11 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
19 stops
22 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Essentially new action for an existing Barckhoff organ from the 1880s. See the entry under Barger and Nix. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Chimes added. -Database Manager

2005-06-01 - From Joseph Mansfield: This organ was extensively reworked in the 90s by a technician who was more into selling add-ons than into reconditioning the existing instrument. He withdrew from the job leaving behind dead notes (due to both mechanism and non-speaking pipes), occasional ciphers, major air leaks. Nevertheless the organ is playable, once you know what to avoid, and is in regular use for weddings, funerals, and three or four masses every weekend. -Database Manager

2006-04-25 - Updated through online information from William Barger, Barger and Nix. -- Currently being rebuilt in our shop. -Database Manager

2007-04-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> November 1936 and from the console Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

   Chattanooga, Tennessee
   Basilica of SS. Peter & Paul

   Kilgen   1937   3/23
   _________________________________________________

   GREAT                       SWELL
8' Open Diapason  73        8' Geigen Principal   73
8' Doppelflöte    73        8' Gedeckt            73
8' Viol d'Gamba   73        8' Salicional         73
4' Octave         73        8' Voix Celeste       61
8' Tromba         73        4' Flûte Traversière  73
   Sub                    III  Mixture           183
   Unison Off               8' Oboe               73
   Super                       Tremolo
   Chimes                      Sub
                               Unison Off
   CHOIR                       Super
8' Open Diapason  73
8' Melodia        73           PEDAL
8' Dulciana       73       16' Major Bass         32
8' Unda Maris     61       16' Bourdon            32
4' Flute d'Amour  73       16' Lieblich Gedeckt   12 SW
   Tremolo                  8' Flute              12
   Sub                      8' Still Gedeckt      SW
   Unison Off
   Super

  [Received online from Jeff Scofield  May 15, 2011]

Documents

Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST October 1936 Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE DIAPASON November 1936 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield

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