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Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 4248 (1929)

Messiah Lutheran Church
2846 S. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO

Images

2022 - Church exterior (Photograph by Dave Adams, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
21 stops
46 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: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2004-10-30 - "In a c. 1928 building. Rebuilt in 1983 by Saint Louis Pipe Organ Co. to 3m, 29rk, and again in 1997 by Rodgers to 3m. Rodgers 950 with 21 ranks of Kilgen pipes, dedicated 19 Oct 1997. New building c. 1928." -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON January 1930

       St. Louis, Missouri
       Messiah Lutheran Church

       Kilgen   Op. 4248   1929   3/23
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT                          CHOIR
   16' Open Diapason      tc      16' Contra Dulciana  tc
    8' 1st Open Diapason  61       8' Open Diapason    12
    8' 2nd Open Diapason  61       8' Melodia          73 
    8' Philomela          61       8' Violoncello      12
    8' Gamba              61       8' Gemshorn Celeste 77
    8' Melodia            CH       8' Dulciana         73
    8' Dulciana           CH       4' Flute            12
    4' Octave             61       4' Dulcet           --
    4' Flute              CH   2 2/3' Nazard           61
2 2/3' Twelfth            CH       2' Piccolo          --
    2' Fifteenth          CH       8' Clarinet         73
    8' Tuba Harmonic      61       8' Orchestral Oboe syn
       Chimes             25          Chimes           GT
       Harp               CH          Harp             49

       SWELL                          PEDAL
   16' Bourdon            73      32' Contra Bourdon  res
    8' Open Diapason      73      16' Open Diapason GT 12
    8' Stopped Diapason   73      16' Bourdon          32
    8' Salicional         73      16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
    8' Voix Celeste       61       8' Bass Flute       12
    8' Quintadena        syn       8' Flauto Dolce     SW
    8' Aeoline            73       8' Cello            CH
    4' Flute d'Amour      12      16' Contra Tuba   GT 12
    4' Salicet            --
    2' Flautino           --
  III  Harmonia Aetheria 183
    8' Cornopean          73
    8' Oboe               73
    8' Vox Humana         73

          [Received from Jeff Scofield March 23, 2023]

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