Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
403 Valencia Street
Las Vegas, NM
Images
2012-09-26 - Church exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017-06-19 - Organ Case and Facade Pipes in rear gallery (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)
2017-06-19 - Keydesk (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)
2017-06-19 - Pedalboard L to R: hitchdown to activate Tremolo draw knob, unknown hitchdown, Swell shoe, nonfunctional organ on/off switch (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)
2017-06-19 - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)
2017-06-19 - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)
2017-06-19 - Builder's Nameplate with "FF" piston ("P" piston is further to the left.) (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)
2017-06-19 - Keydesk detail, showing left bifold door closed in front of manuals. (Separate top piece folds back above music rack.) (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)
2017-06-19 - Organ Case and Facade Pipes (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)
2017-06-19 - Swell pipes (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)
2017-06-19 - Great pipes (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
- Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
- 2 manuals
- 25 stops
- 27 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler trundles
Notes
2004-10-30 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Status Note: There 1989. -Database Manager
2007-02-27 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2009-07-07 - Updated through online information from Alan Sciranko. -Database Manager
2016-01-24 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. While the nameplate says Geo. Kilgen, one of the videos available on either the website or the Facebook page states that the organ was built by Marshall Bros. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. -Database Manager
2016-02-01 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2017-05-04 - Updated by John Grunow, who maintains the organ. The printed specification incorrectly states there is a pneumatic key assist. This is not true. The confusion arises from a proposed organ built by Marshall Brothers of Milwaukee that appears in some historic documents in the church's archive. A local businessman traveled to St. Louis and was shown the Marshall and Kilgen organs displayed at the Mercantile Library in St. Louis. Records indicate they couldn't afford the Marshall instrument and instead purchased the Kilgen. The instrument arrived in Las Vegas in early October 1885 and was dedicated in late November of the same year. George and Charles Kilgen traveled from St. Louis to install the organ. Most, if not all flue ranks are inscribed with the initials G.H.K. on low C. Reed stops are not marked. Wind pressure is 3-1/2" for the entire instrument. The organ is in the beginning stages of a multiyear restoration. My company has been entrusted with this work. The goal is to restore it to original condition with the exception of an electric blower and tuning slides to protect previously cone-tuned pipes from further future damage. -Database Manager
2017-06-20 - Updated by David Beatty, who has heard or played the organ. The pedal keys are spaced closer together than AGO standard. "White" keys are brown against black sharp/flat keys. "P" and "FF" (tutti) pistons are placed beneath both Swell and Great manuals, but are not functional at this time. The coupler draw knobs, as indicated in the stoplist, are not functional at this time. The action is quite stiff on both manuals at this time, but still playable. There has been a recent tuning, as attested by Bonnie Bolton, which seems to have held up. A great majority of pipes are sounding, although, understandably at this time, there is some variety in volume as one proceeds up the scale, with higher notes being more dependable than lower notes. The organ has some lovely stops that can only be enhanced by the restoration efforts. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist provided by Noel Channon Date not recorded
Las Vegas, New Mexico
Our Lady of Sorrows R. C. Church
Geo. Kilgen 1885 2/28
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GREAT
Gt. 16 ft. Double Open Diap. 58
Gt. 8 ft. Open Diapason 58
Gt. 8 ft. Dulciana 58
Gt. 8 ft. Viol D'Gamba 58
Gt. 8 ft. Melodia 58
Gt. 4 ft. Octave 58
Gt. 4 ft. Flute d'Amour 58
Gt. 2 2/3 ft. Twelfth 58
Gt. 2 ft. Fifteenth 58
Gt. 3 rks. Mixture 174
Gt. 8 ft. Trumpet 58
SWELL (Expressive)
Sw. 16 ft. Bourdon Treble (tc) 46
Sw. 16 ft. Bourdon Bass 12
Sw. 8 ft. Open Diapason 58
Sw. 8 ft. Stopped Diapason 58
Sw. 8 ft. Viola 58
Sw. 8 ft. Quintadena 58
Sw. 4 ft. Violina 58
Sw. 4 ft. Flute Traverso 58
Sw. 2 ft. Flageolet 58
Sw. 3 rks. Cornet 174
Sw. 8 ft. Cornopean 58
Sw. 8 ft. Oboe (tc) 46
Sw. 8 ft. Bassoon 12
Sw. Vox Tremulant
PEDAL
Ped. 16 ft. Grand Open Diap. 27
Ped. 16 ft. Bourdon 27
Ped. 8 ft. Violoncello 27
COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Coup. Sw. to Ped.
Coup. Gt. to Ped.
Coup. Sw. to Gt.
FINGER PISTONS
Swell PP. FF.
GREAT PP. FF.
FOOT TRUNDLES
Great to Pedal coupler
Tremolo to Swell couplers
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
ACCESSORIES
Bellows Signal
Motor Pedal (hitch-down)
NOTES
Pneumatic lever is used on key action, making the thread as
light as a piano
ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop
VOICES: 15
STOPS: 27
RANKS: 29
PIPES: 1,589
[Received from Noel Channon February 12, 2016]
[Corrected/updated by James R. Stettner May 13, 2023]
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