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Kilgen Organ Co. Opus 4566 (1930)

St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
35 William Street
Pittston, PA

Images

2020-07-18 - Great Division pipework, as seen from outside the organ case (Photograph by Mike Sowa/Mike Sowa)

2020-07-18 - Organ façade with Evangelist Trumpet after 2020 refurbishment (Photograph by Mike Sowa/Mike Sowa)

2013-06-09 - Façade in Rear Gallery (Photograph by Ben Schultz/Database Manager)

2013-06-09 - Console (Photograph by Ben Schultz/Database Manager)

2013-06-09 - Pedalboard (Photograph by Ben Schultz/Database Manager)

2013-06-09 - Console Detail - Nameplate (Photograph by Ben Schultz/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
58 stops
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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-06-26 - Identified through on-line information from Joe Holden. -- The organ was refurbished in the late '90s. The entire console was overhauled and redesigned. -Database Manager

2010-05-12 - Updated through on-line information from Joe Holden. -- Severe water damage in 2005 forced parish to rebuild entire swell division; organ occupies significant amount of rear gallery, though allowing freedom to work in chamber since most of the organ is raised above gallery floor; organ was reportedly dormant for long periods ('60s-'70s) while the parish used an electric organ--- parts of that electric organ were left behind in the large exposed great division of the chamber. -Database Manager

2012-05-13 - Updated through online information from Matthew J. Geda. -- This organ has been lovingly worked on and is very well taken care of. Its sound fills its incredibly large church with ease. -Database Manager

2017-05-24 - Updated by James R. Stettner, listing this website as a source of information: http://database.organsociety.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=41483. -Database Manager

2020-04-27 - The organ underwent its most recent refurbishment from January-March 2020 by the Peragallo Pipe Organ Company of Paterson, NJ. The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the reinstallation of the organ. -Mike Sowa

2020-07-21 - Refurbishment of the organ has been completed in Summer 2020. -Mike Sowa

2023-08-03 - Not all pipework in the organ today is original Kilgen pipework. Some Kilgen ranks were removed or are now playing at different pitches and some new pipe ranks were added to the organ throughout the years. -Mike Sowa

Stoplist

Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Pittston, Pennsylvania 
Saint John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church

The Kilgen Organ Co., Opus 4566, 1928
Crossan-Savage Organ Company, 1983 - Rebuild
Peragallo Pipe Organ Company, 2020 - Refurbishing


GREAT Division (Unenclosed, Manual II)

16'    Violone             (TC)  --  (from 8' Princ.)
8'     Principal                 61
8'     Bourdon
8'     Gemshorn            (Ch)  --
8'     Gemshorn Celeste    (Ch)  --
4'     Octave
4'     Hohlflute
2'     Fifteenth 
II     Mixture
III    Mixture
8'     Evangelist Trumpet        61  (mounted en chamade)
4'     Clarion                   12  (ext. 8' Evang. Tpt.)
       Chimes

Great to Great 16'
Great Unison Off
Great to Great 4'


       SWELL Division (Expressive, Manual III) 
16'    Bourdon                   12
8'     Rohrflute                 61
8'     Salicional 
8'     Voix Celeste
4'     Principal
4'     Flute d'Amour             12
4'     Salicet                   12  (ext. 8' Sal.)
2 2/3' Nazard                     7
2'     Flautino                   5
1 3/5' Tierce
III    Plein Jeu
16'    Contra Oboe               12
8'     Trompette 
8'     Oboe                      61
8'     Vox Humana
4'     Oboe Clarion              12
       Tremolo 

Swell to Swell 16'
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4' 


       CHOIR Division (Expressive, Manual I) 
8'     Holz Gedackt
8'     Gemshorn
8'     Gemshorn Celeste
4'     Principal 
4'     Harmonic Flute
4'     Gemshorn (extension of 8' Gemshorn) 
2'     Octavin (extension of 4' Principal)
1'     Twenty-Second (extension of 4' Principal)
II     Sesquialtera 
8'     Evangelist Trumpet   (Gt)  --
8'     Clarinet 
       Tremolo 

Choir to Choir 16'
Choir Unison Off
Choir to Choir 4'


       PEDAL Division
32'    Resultant    (16' Bour.)  --
16'    Diapason
16'    Bourdon                   32
16'    Lieblich Gedeckt    (Sw)  --
8'     Principal
8'     Bass Flute                12  (ext. 16' Bour.)
8'     Flauto Dolce        (Sw)  --
4'     Choralbass          (Ch)  --
4'     Gedeckt             (Ch)  --
II     Mixture             (Ch)  --
32'    Harmonics      (derived)  --
16'    Trombone            (Gt)  12  (ext. 8' Evang. Tpt.)
16'    Contra Oboe         (Sw)
8'     Trumpet             (Gt)  --  (8' Evang. Tpt.)
8'     Oboe                (Sw)  --
4'     Oboe Clarion        (Sw)  --


       COUPLERS
Great to Pedal 8' & 4' 
Swell to Pedal 8' & 4'
Choir to Pedal 8' & 4'

Swell to Great 16' 
Swell to Great 8' 
Swell to Great 4'
Choir to Great 16'
Choir to Great 8' 
Choir to Great 4'

Swell to Choir 16'
Swell to Choir 8'
Swell to Choir 4'