2014-08-28 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is still extant and in playable condition. It was just recently played by Stephen Schnurr. The facility - originally built as an armory before being converted to a sporting arena - is mostly used for storage by the City of Louisville. There is community interest in resurrecting the facility. -Database Manager
2015-08-31 - Orginally built for WHAS Radio as 3/7 (Op. 5009) in 1933. Kilgen replaced the Saxophone with a Clarinet in that same year (Op. 5124), and later replaced the Post Horn with a Trumpet (Op. 5198). Kilgen electrified the player piano owned by WHAS, added a mandolin attachment, and made it playable from the organ (Op. 5212). In 1937, Kilgen enlarged the organ to 4/14 and added a new console (Op. 5769). In 1949, Kilgen installed a new console (Op. 7179). In the late 1960s the organ was moved to Louisville Gardens. -Database Manager
Stoplist from Louisville Chapter AGO web site Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville Gardens
Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 5769 1937
4 manuals, 14 ranks
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PITCH STOP NAME
16,8,4 Open Diapason
16,8,4 Violin Diapason
16,8,4,2 2/3,2, 1 3/5 Concert Flute
16 TC,8,4 Vox Humana
16,8,5 1/3,4,2 2/3,2,1 3/5 Tibia Clausa
16,8,4,2 Solo Violin
16 TC,8,4,2 Solo Violin Celeste
8,4 French Horn
16,8,4 Trumpet
16,8,4 Tuba
8,4 Oboe Horn
16,8,4 Clarinet
8,4 Kinura
16 TC,8,4 English Post Horn
Xylophone
Vibraharp
Chrysoglott
Glockenspiel
Sleigh Bells
Chimes
Piano
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-08-30]
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