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Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 4635 (1930)

St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church - Flatlands
1550 Hendricks Street
New York City: Brooklyn, NY

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


Consoles

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Notes

2015-10-26 - Echo division added by Kilgen in 1931; in the 1960's the church was declared structurally unsound due to being built above a stream; the weight of the organ was a concern, so it was removed and the church reconstructed and modernized in 1969. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist from the NYC AGO Organ Project at http://nycago.org/Organs/Bkln/index.html Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Brooklyn, New York
    St. Thomas Aquinas R. C. Church

    Kilgen   1930   Op. 4635   3/26
    __________________________________________________

    GREAT                         SWELL
16' Dbl Open Diapason  61     16' Bourdon           73
 8' Open Diapason      61      8' Open Diapason     73
 8' Clarabella         61      8' Stopped Diapason  73
 8' Gamba              61      8' Salicional        73
 8' Dulciana           61      8' Voix Celeste (TC) 61
 4' Principal          61      8' Aeoline           73
 4' Harmonic Flute     61      4' Flute             73
 8' Trumpet            61      4' Violina           73
                               8' Oboe              73
    PEDAL                      8' Vox Humana        61
32' Contra Bourdon    res         Tremolo
16' 1st Open Diapason  32
16' 2nd Open Diapason  GT         CHOIR
16' Bourdon            32      8' Geigen Principal  73
16' Dolce Bourdon      SW      8' Melodia           73
 8' Octave             12      8' Viola Dulciana    73
 8' Bourdon            12      4' Flauto d'Amour    73
 8' Cello              GT      2' Piccolo           61
 8' Dolce Bourdon      SW      8' Clarinet          73
 4' Bourdon            12         Tremolo

    ECHO (added 1931)
    Stoplist not available

      [Received from Jeff Scofield October 27, 2015]

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