Unknown - Organ Case (Photograph by Mary K. Freel (April 2014) ./Database Manager)
Unknown - Balcony and Organ Case (Photograph by Mary K. Freel (April 2014)/Database Manager)
2011-03-05 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Information for this entry was taken from the parish website, "The pipe organ, built by the George Kilgen & Sons, Inc. of St. Louis, Missouri, was installed in 1929-30 at a cost of $12,000, this sum donated through the estate of parishioner, Mrs. Eugenie Young, in memory of her daughter, Marie Young, with the stipulation that the interior of the church be painted at the same time. A recital was given April 22, 1930, by Walter Flandorf, a famed Chicago organist who had performed at the Vatican, Carnegie Hall and St. Patrick-s Cathedral. The Kilgen organ is one of the few remaining examples of what is known as a 'Romantic Organ.' It has two swell boxes, one with choir division and one with swell division. It plays on six inches of wind pressure. The six inches are determined by a manometer, a U-shaped tube. When pressure is exerted, water rises to six inches." -Database Manager
2016-11-06 - Mary K. Freel reports that the church is now closed. -Database Manager
2016-11-16 - Updated through online information from Mary K Freel. <br>This church is closed and the organ is slated to be moved to Saginaw to the diocesan center church. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> October 1929 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Bay City, Michigan
St. Joseph's R. C. Church
Kilgen 1929 3/18
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GREAT (encl w/CH) SWELL
16' Open Diapason 49 16' Bourdon 73
8' 1st Diapason 61 8' Open Diapason 73
8' 2nd Diapason 12 8' Stopped Diapason 12
8' Philomela 61 8' Salicional 73
8' Gamba 61 8' Voix Celeste 61
8' Melodia CH 8' Aeoline 73
8' Dulciana CH 8' Quintadena (syn)
4' Octave 61 4' Flute d'Amour 12
4' Flute CH 4' Salicet --
Sub 2' Flautino --
Unison Off III Ripieno 183
Super 8' Wald Horn 73
Chimes 20 8' Vox Humana 73
Tremulant
CHOIR Sub
Unison Off
16' Dulciana 61 Super
8' Open Diapason GT
8' Violoncello GT PEDAL
8' Melodia 73
8' Dolce 12 32' Contra Bourdon --
4' Flute 12 16' Open Diapason 12 GT
4' Dulcet 12 16' Bourdon 32
2' Piccolo -- 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
8' Clarinet 73 8' Bass Flute 12
8' Orchestral Oboe (syn) 8' Cello GT
Tremolo 8' Flauto Dolce SW
Sub
Unison Off
Super
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