Better Pipe Organ Database

Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. (1921)

Emmaus Lutheran Church
2241 S. Jefferson Ave.
St. Louis, MO

Images

Unknown - Chamber Grillework ((Spring 2015) Photograph by Burnell Hackman/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
15 stops
29 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Chimes added by Kilgen about 1933 as Op. 5127. Church organized 1894 with a building at Jefferson & Shenandoah which was severely damaged by the 1896 tornado. Rebuilt structure built 1902 which burned c. 1926. -Database Manager

2015-06-28 - Updated through online information from Burnell Hackman. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON August 1921

   St. Louis, Missouri
   Emmaus Lutheran Church

   Kilgen   1921   3/15
   ___________________________________________

   GREAT                   SWELL
8' Diapason       61   16' Gedeckt          PD
8' Small Diapason 61    8' Diapason         73
8' Philomela   PD 29    8' Stopped Flute    PD
8' Melodia        61    8' Viol d'Orchestre 73
4' Octave (SmDia) --    8' Viol Celeste     61
4' Harmonic Flute 61    8' Muted Viol       73
2' Fifteenth (SD) --    4' Chimney Flute    --
8' Harmnic Tuba   61    4' Muted Viol       --
                        2' Flautino         PD
   CHOIR                8' Oboe             73
8' Small Diapason GT
8' Melodia        GT       PEDAL
8' Dulciana       73   16' Diapason         32
4' Harmonic Flute GT   16' Bourdon          32
4' Dulcet         --   16' Gedeckt          32
8' Clarinet       73    8' Flute (Bourdon)  12
8' Harmonic Tuba  GT

[Received from Jeff Scofield November 13, 2022]

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