Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2012-08-02 - Identified through online information from David Hendricksen. -- I grew up in this church, where my father was organist, and my first teacher. The organ was installed in chambers behind the altar in front of the church and hiding stained glass windows. No pipework was visible. The three manual console, and the choir loft were located in the right transept. At some point in the 1980's the church was renovated, Kilgen organ removed, choir, and an electronic organ placed in the rear gallery, and the front stained glass windows exposed. -Database Manager
2012-08-07 - Updated through online information from David Hendricksen. -Database Manager
2021-01-26 - I have just come across the 1943 centenial anniversary booklet for First Lutheran Church, Fort Smith, AR. From that booklet comes the following information: Organ dedicated October 13, 1929 Recital played by Professor Albert Beck of Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, IL (Institution is now known as Concordia University Chicago) Cost of the organ was $8980.00 Cost of chamber preparation and other misc. $3728.00 It also indicates that there was an Echo division. I began learning to play organ at this instrument when I was in grade school, and vaguely recall that the Echo division was non-functional at that time. It does not appear in the stoplist that I furnished some years ago, but there were tabs for that division on the console. In my youth, I failed to note them, since they didn't play. -David Hendricksen
Stoplist taken from console, August, 1969 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA
First Lutheran Church
Geo. Kilgen & Son, 1929
Great
8 Open Diapason #1 61 pipes
8 Open Diapason #2 61 pipes
8 Dopple Flute 61 pipes
8 Melodia 61 pipes
8 Dulciana 61 pipes
8 Gamba 61 pipes
4 Octave 12 pipes extended from 8 Open Diapason #2
4 Flute 12 pipes extended from 8 Melodia
8 Harmonic Tuba 61 pipes
Chimes
Swell
16 Bourdon 61 pipes
8 Stopped Diapason 12 pipes extended from 16 Bourdon
8 Violin Diapason 61 pipes
8 Salicional 61 pipes
8 Aeoline 61 pipes
8 Voix Celeste 61 pipes
4 Flute d'Amour 12 pipes extended from 16 Bourdon
4 Salicet 12 pipes extended from Salicional
2-2/3 Nasard 0 pipes wired from 16 Bourdon
2 Flautino 12 pipes extended from 16 Bourdon
8 Orchestral Oboe Syn. 0 pipes (Salicional plus Nasard)
8 Vox Humana 61 pipes
Tremelo
Choir
16 Contra Dulciana T.C. 0 pipes (Great 8 Dulciana)
8 Open Diapason 0 pipes (Great 8 Open Diapason #2)
8 Melodia 0 pipes (Great 8 Melodia)
8 Dulciana 0 pipes (Great 8 Dulciana)
8 Unda Maris 61 pipes tuned to celeste with Melodia
4 Forest Flute 0 pipes (Great 4 Flute)
4 Dulcet 12 pipes extended from Great Dulciana
2 Piccolo 12 pipes extended from Great Melodia
8 Clarinet 61 pipes
Tremelo
Pedal
32 Contra Bourdon 0 pipes wired from Pedal 16 Bourdon
16 Open Diapason 32 pipes
16 Bourdon 32 pipes
16 Lieblich Gedeckt 0 pipes (Swell 16 Bourdon)
8 Flauto Dolce 0 pipes (Swell 16 Bourdon)
8 Cello 0 pipes (Great 8 Gamba)
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