Better Pipe Organ Database

Kilgen Opus 6081 (1938)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
310 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC

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

Images

1908 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
30 stops
35 registers
5 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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2009-06-22 - Identified through on-line information from David Ritch. -- Replaced Möller Opus 934. -Database Manager

2015-10-26 - Dedication recital played by Pietro Yon; downtown facility and Kilgen replaced in 1989 by a new facility on the edge of downtown, containing 3/67 Casavant Op. 3666; the 1908 building is still standing and is being used by the city; The Manufacturers’ Record of September 19, 1907, reported that the congregation had plans by McMichael for a “Byzantine style” edifice of buff and gray brick, with a central dome 44 feet in diameter topped by a cupola rising 88 feet from ground level, and two towers, each with a dome 15 feet in diameter. The auditorium was to measure 65 by 70 feet and seat 1,200 people. The building maintains its prominence at the heart of Charlotte and has been adapted for new uses. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The American Organist</i> November 1938 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Charlotte, North Carolina
     First Baptist Church

     Kilgen   Op. 6081   1938   3/32
     ___________________________________________

     GREAT                      CHOIR
 
 16' Diapason        73      8' Diapason      73
  8' Diapason        73      8' Melodia       73
  8' Doppelflöte     73      8' Quintadena    73
  8' Viola           73      8' Aeoline       73
  8' Gemshorn        73      4' Flute d'Amour 73
  8' Dulciana        73      8' Clarinet      73
  4' Octave          73         Tremulant
  8' Trumpet         73         Sub
     Tremulant                  Unison Off
     Sub                        Super
     Unison Off                 Chimes        GT
     Super
     Chimes          25         ECHO

     SWELL                   8' Fernflöte     61
                             8' Vox Angelica  61
 16' Bourdon         73      8' Vox Aetheria  61
  8' Geigen Diapason 73      8' Vox Humana    61
  8' Stopped Flute   73         Tremulant
  8' Salicional      73
  8' Voix Celeste    73         PEDAL
  4' Harmonic Flute  73
  2' Flautino        61     16' Major Bass    32
III  Mixture        183     16' Bourdon       32
  8' Oboe            73     16' Bourdon       SW
  8' Vox Humana      73      8' Major Bass    12
     Tremulant               8' Bourdon       12
     Sub                     8' Bourdon       SW
     Unison Off              4' Bourdon       12
     Super

    [Received from Jeff Scofield October 20, 2015]

Documents

(1938-12-01) Write-up from THE DIAPASON December 1938 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield