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Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. (1936)

St. Monica Catholic Church
Geary Street
San Francisco, CA

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2010-04-15 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Housed in twin cases in the rear gallery. -Database Manager

2014-07-18 - Updated through online information from Matthew Walsh. -- There is a duplicate console in main body of the church, approximately one half way between the gallery and the sanctuary. This placement occurred in the 1950's when the church was doubled in length. In approx. 2003, the downstairs console was rotated to face the west wall. Between 2003 and 2007 the organ, except the offsets, was releathered. During the same time, reregulation and some revoicing was done by Schoenstein. In 2003 Schoenstein added a large trumpet unit stop and a four rank great mixture. In 2007, the reconfiguring the facade was completed by parish carpenters and a new 8' pedal principal was placed in the west facade, with non-speaking pipes in the east facade. This statement is based on my inspection of the organ and some of the contract documents from the parish files which I am able to access by my position of Director of Music at St. Monica's. -Database Manager

2016-10-17 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Justin Chen, based on personal knowledge of the organ. <br>Action: Electric Pneumatic The organ is in the gallery, but a single dulciana rank is in the sanctuary next to the choir seating area. It can be played at both 8' and 4' pitches and can also be played at 8' on the pedals. -Database Manager

2016-10-19 - Updated through online information from Justin Chen. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

St. Monica Church, San Francisco, California

Kilgen organ 1936
Unenclosed additions by Schoenstein, 2005*, 2009**
Kilgen Great and Swell each enclosed in its own box.

Stoplist taken from console on July 17, 2014 by Matthew Walsh, St. Monica's Director of Music

Great

1. Open Diapason	8’	73 pipes			sw/gt 16
2. Hohl Flute		8’	73 pipes			sw/gt 
3. Dulciana		8’	73 pipes			sw/gt4
4. Octave		4’	73 pipes
5. Twelfth		22/3	61 pipes			gt/gt16
6. Fifteenth 		2’	61 pipes			gt unison off
7. Chorus Mixture IV	        244pipes*			gt/gt 4
8. Trumpet		8’	73 pipes
9. Tuba Miriam+         8’	61 pipes*          

Swell

10. Lieblich Gedeckt	16’	73 pipes			sw/sw 16
11. Geigen Principal	8’	73 pipes			sw unison off
12. Stopped Diapason	8’	73 pipes			sw/sw 4
13. Viola d’ Gamba	8’	73 pipes
14. Voix Celeste (TC)	8’	61 pipes			Tremolo
15. Flute Harmonic	4’	73 pipes
16. Flautino		2’	61 pipes
17. Oboe		8’	73 pipes
18. Vox Humana		8’	73 pipes
19. Tuba Miriam		8’	(#9)
20. Clarion		4’	12 pipes (#9)

Pedal

21. Resultant		32’	(#23)			
22. Major Bass		16’	32 pipes 			gt/pd 8
23. Bourdon		16’	32 pipes			gt/pd 4
24. Lieblich Gedeckt	16’	(#10)				sw/pd 8
25. Principal		8’	32 pipes ** 			sw/pd 4
26. Bass Flute		8’	12 pipes (#22)
27. Flute		8’	12 pipes (#23)
28. Trombone		16’	12 pipes (#19)
29. Tuba Miriam		8’	(#19)

Sanctuary Great 

30. Dulciana		8’	61 pipes
31. Dulciana		4’	12 pipes (#30)

Sanctuary Pedal

33. Dulciana		8’	(#30)

+ Named for Sr. Miriam Jeanne Murphy SNJM, Music Director and Music Teacher at St. Monica’s from 1975-2004.

6 general pistons, 6 divisional pistons for swell and great

Sfz reversible piston

Cymbelstern (Der Zimbelstern installed by Schoestein) on reversible toe stud 
Gt/Pd reversible toe stud
Sfz reversible toe stud

Gallery and sanctuary console on and off buttons on right key cheek.
pd/gt combinations on and off and pd/sw combinations on and off, buttons on left key cheeks.





 [Received from Matthew Walsh 2014-07-18.]

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