Better Pipe Organ Database

Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. / Chas. C. Kilgen (1904)

St. Vincent's Hospital: Chapel
7301 St. Charles Rock Road
Normandy
St. Louis, MO

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2019-11-08 - Console (Photograph by Channing Horner/Database Manager)

2019-11-08 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Channing Horner/Database Manager)

2019-11-08 - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by Channing Horner/Database Manager)

2019-11-08 - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by Channing Horner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Keydesk

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Detached, Reversed Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
2 manuals
12 stops
16 registers
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: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight

Notes

2004-10-30 - Relocated to St. Paul Episcopal, Maryville, MO in 1978. Reversed console -Database Manager

2017-02-20 - Updated by Channing Horner, who has heard or played the organ. Additionally, Channing Horner listed this web site as a source of information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Vincent's_Hospital_(Normandy,_Missouri) for original location. <br> -Database Manager

Stoplist

COMBINATION TRUNDLES: Great Piano, Great Forte; PEDAL MOVEMENTS: Swell Expression (balanced); ACCESSORIES: Blower (drawknob). Original document from Channing Horner. Source: Stoplist Copied from console; verified against keydesk photos

Great Principal 8, Dolce 8, Hohl Flute 8, Octave 4, Super Octave 2

Swell Salicional 8, Gedeckt 8, Prestant 4, Vox Celeste 8, Piccolo 2, Tremolo, Trompete 8

Pedal Bourdon 16 (2 pipes added 1978 )

Swell to Pedal 8, Great to Pedal 8, Swell to Great 8

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