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Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. (1938)

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• Console position: Movable Console
• 4 manuals
• 39 stops
• 52 registers
• 5 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• Stop layout Type: Stop Keys on Angled Jambs
• Manual compass: 61 notes
• Pedal compass: 32 notes
• Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
• Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> December 1937 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Bowling Green, Ohio
       Bowling Green State University
       Auditorium

       Kilgen   1938   4/44
       _________________________________________________

       GREAT   4 1/2" wind            SWELL  5 1/2" wind

   16' Quintaton        61        16' Spitzflöte      73
    8' Diapason         61         8' Geigen Diapason 73
    8' Harmonic Flute   61         8' Rohrflöte       73
    8' Gemshorn         61         8' Salicional      73
    4' Octave           61         8' Voix Celeste    61
2 2/3' Twelfth          61         4' Principal       73
    2' Fifteenth        61         4' Flute ⌂         73
  III  Mixture         183         2' Fifteenth       61
       Sub                        IV  Mixture        244 *
       Unison Off                  8' Trumpet         73
       Super                       8' Oboe            73
       Chimes           SO         8' Vox Humana      61
                                   4' Clarion         73
       SOLO       10" wind            Tremulant
                                      Sub
    8' Gamba            73            Unison Off
    8' Gamba Celeste    61            Super
    8' Clear Flute      73
    4' Harmonic Flute   73         *  12-15-19-22
    8' Harmonic Trumpet 73
    8' French Horn      73            CHOIR      5" wind
       Tremulant
       Sub                         8' Viola           73
       Unison Off                  8' Concert Flute   73
       Super                       8' Dulciana        73
       Chimes           21         8' Unda Maris      61
                                   4' Flute d'Amour   73
       PEDAL       8" wind         4' Dulciana        12
                               2 2/3' Nasard          61
   16' Double Diapason  32     2 2/3' Dulciana 12th   --
   16' Bourdon          32         2' Dulciana 15th   --
   16' Quintaton        GT        16' Bassoon         73
   16' Spitzflöte       SW         8' Clarinet        73
    8' Octave           32            Tremulant
    8' Flute Major      12            Sub
    8' Flute Harmonic   GT            Unison Off
    8' Gamba            SO            Super
    8' Dulciana         CH            Chimes          SO
    4' Flute            SO
   16' Trombone         32
   16' Bassoon          CH
    8' Trumpet          12
    4' Clarion          SW       

        [Received from Jeff Scofield October 25, 2015]  

Documents

• Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST March 1938 Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield
• Write-up from THE DIAPASON December 1937 p.2 Continuation of stoplist -Jeff Scofield
• Write-up from THE DIAPASON December 1937 p.1 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield

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