Better Pipe Organ Database

Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 4722 (1931)

Centenary Methodist Church: Sanctuary
1610 Olive St.
St. Louis, MO

Images

1990-05-15 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2022 - Church interior (Centenary United Methodist Church/Jeff Scofield)

December 2021 - Interior to rear, Echo and Echo Pedal (Centenary United Methodist Church/Jeff Scofield)

2019 - Church interior and console (Rev. Portia Cavitt/Jeff Scofield)

2023 - Church exterior (Jacob Nelson/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
87 stops
62 registers
7 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
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

Notes

2010-03-01 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       St. Louis, Missouri
       Centenary Methodist Church

       Kilgen   1931   4/67

       Stoplist from the console May 14, 1990; the console 
       was sitting in a downstairs foyer while the nave
       was being renovated.

       GREAT I (unenclosed)             SWELL
   16' Sub Octave 73                16' Subbass 73
    8' Principal 73                  8' Diapason 73
    4' Octave 73                     8' Gedeckt 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61                    8' Salicional 73
    2' Fifteenth 61                  8' Vox Celeste 61
   IV  Fourniture 244                8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
   16' Bass Trumpet 73               8' Dolce 73
    8' Trumpet 12                    8' Dolce Celeste 61
    4' Clarion 12                    4' Principal 73
       Unison Off                    4' Harmonic Flute 73
       Super                         4' Gedeckt 12
                                     2' Octave 61
       GREAT II (enclosed)           2' Flautino 61
    8' Spitzflute 73                II  Sesquialtera 122
    8' Gamba 73                    III  Plein Jeu 183
    8' Rohrgedeckt 73               16' Posaune 73
    4' Quintadena 73                 8' Trompette 73
    2' Piccolo 61                    8' Oboe 73
  III  Mixture 183                   4' Clarion 73
   II  Mixture 122                      Tremolo
       Tremolo                          Sub
       Sub                              Unison Off
       Unison off                       Super
       Super
       Chimes                           ECHO
       Harp                         16' Echo Bass 12
                                     8' Geigen Principal 73
       CHOIR                         8' Doppelflute 73
   16' Contra Gamba 73               8' Nachthorn 73
    8' English Diapason 73           8' Aeoline 73
    8' Hohlflute 73                  8' Unda Maris 61
    8' Viole 73                      4' Gedeckt 73
    8' Gemshorn 73                   8' Vox Humana 73
    8' Gemshorn Celeste 61              Tremolo
    8' Concert Flute 73                 Sub
    8' Flute Celeste 61                 Unison Off
    4' Fugara 73                        Super
    4' Rohrflute 73                     Chimes
    4' Gemshorn 12                      Cymbelstern
2 2/3' Nazard 61
    2' Principal 61                     PEDAL
    2' Piccolo 61                   32' Resultant --
1 3/5' Tierce 61                    16' Principal 32
  III  Cymbel 183                   16' Sub Octave GT
    8' Clarinet 73                  16' Bourdon 32
    8' English Horn 73              16' Subbass SW
       Tremolo                      16' Contra Gamba SO
       Sub                           8' Octave 12
       Unison Off                    8' English Diapason CH
       Super                         8' Bourdon 12
       Chimes                        8' Gamba CH
       Harp                          8' Gemshorn CH
                                 5 1/3' Quint --
       SOLO                          4' Choralbass 12
   16' Bass Flute 12                 4' Octave GT
    8' Diapason 73                   4' Bourdon 12
    8' Gross Flute 73                4' Gedeckt SW
    8' Gamba 73                  2 2/3' Twelfth --
    8' Gamba Celeste 61              2' Prestant 12
    4' Octave 73                    16' Bass Trumpet GT
    4' Solo Flute 12                16' Posaune SW
    2' Solo Piccolo 12               8' Trumpet GT
    8' State Trumpet 73              8' Posaune SW
    8' Tuba 73                       4' Clarion GT
    8' Orchestral Oboe 73            4' Posaune SW
    4' Hautbois 73
       Tremolo                          ECHO PEDAL
       Sub                          16' Bass Flute 32
       Unison Off                   16' Echo Bass EC
       Super                         8' Principal EC
                                     8' Doppelflute EC
                                     8' Flute 12
                                     4' Octave EC
                                     4' Hautbois SO
                                     8' State Trumpet SO
                                        Chimes EC

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 02, 2010.]