Better Pipe Organ Database

Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. (1908)

St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church / St. Paul the Apostle Roman Catholic Church
301 8th Street
Calumet, MI

Images

2022-08-10 - Church exterior (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-08-10 - Altar (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-08-10 - Gallery and organ case (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-07-13 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Douglas Craw/Database Manager)

2018-07-13 - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by Douglas Craw/Database Manager)

2018-07-13 - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by Douglas Craw/Database Manager)

2018-07-13 - Manuals (Photograph by Douglas Craw/Database Manager)

2018-07-13 - Facade (Photograph by Douglas Craw/Database Manager)

Unknown - Keydesk, circa 2005 (Photograph by Janet Dalquist/Database Manager)

Unknown - Pedalboard, circa 2005 (Photograph by Janet Dalquist/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Console position: Detached, Reversed Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
2 manuals
17 stops
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1976. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Was St. Joseph's R. C. (Slovenian). Several R. C. churches merged to form St. Paul's using the St. Joseph's building. Tubular pedal. -Database Manager

2007-11-05 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Dedicated May 31, 1908 -Database Manager

2007-11-16 - Updated through online information from Mike Maksimchuk. -Database Manager

2014-05-15 - Updated through online information from Janet Anuta Dalquist. -- The organ is in fine condition. Recitals were last played on 2011 by Christina Harmon (for the Pine Mountain Music Festival) and 2013 by Father Corbin Eddy (as part of a concert with a choral group) -Database Manager

2016-02-21 - Updated through online information from Rev. Eric E. Olson. <br>You have the picture of the interior of St. Joseph Church in Lake Linden, Michigan on this page. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed specification Source: from console photos by Joe Granger Date not recorded

Calumet, Michigan
St. Paul the Apostle Roman Catholic Church

Geo. Kilgen & Son   1908                    2 manuals, 17 stops, 17 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                          SWELL ORGAN
     16' Bourdon              61           8' Violin Diapason      61
      8' Open Diapason        61           8' Aeoline (Salicional) 61
      8' Melodia              61           8' Celeste (Aeoline)    61
      4' Octave               61           8' Stop Diapason        61
      4' Flute d'Amour        61           4' Violina              61
      2' Fifteenth            61           4' Flute Harmonic       61
      8' Trumpet              61 *         2' Flautina             61
         * added 2001                      8' Oboe Gamba (labial)  61

         COUPLERS                             PEDAL ORGAN
         Swell to Pedal                   16' Bourdon              30
         Great to Pedal                    8' Violoncello          30
         Swell to Great                   

         PEDAL MOVEMENTS                      MECHANICALS
         Great Forte Combination              Swell Tremolo
         Great Piano Combination              Bellows Signal
         Great to Pedal Reversible
         Swell Pedal
         Swell Forte Combination
         Swell Piano Combination


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-12-06]