Better Pipe Organ Database

Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 4946 (1932)

St. Andrew Roman Catholic Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
3546 North Paulina Street
Chicago, IL

Images

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Daniel Boin (2016)/Database Manager)

ca. 2016 - Choir Loft, Console and Pipe Chambers (Photograph by Daniel Boin/Database Manager)

2021-05-07 - Church exterior (Daniel Boin/Daniel Boin)

November 2019 - Console (Daniel Boin/Daniel Boin)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
19 stops
24 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2015-11-01 - Charles Courboin drew up the stoplist. -Database Manager

2017-06-11 - Updated by Daniel Boin, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from The American Organist February 1934

       Chicago, Illinois
       St. Andrew R. C. Church

       Kilgen   1932   2/24
       _______________________________________________________________________

       As per the policy of THE AMERICAN ORGANIST at the time, stop names of
       extensions and borrows are shown with the same name as the parent rank.

      GREAT (Expressive)
8'    Diapason                   73
8'    Melodia                    73
8'    Gamba                      73
8'    Dulciana                   73
8'    Doppelflöte         (Ped)  53
4'    Octave                     73
4'    Flauto d'Amore             73
II-IV Ripieno Minore            122
III-V Ripieno Maggiore          183
VIII  Ripieno Fondamente         --
8'    Tromba                     73
      Tremulant
      
Sub
Unison Off
Super


    SWELL (Expressive)
16' Bourdon                      73
8'  Geigen Diapason              73
8'  Rohrflöte                    73
8'  Salicional                   73
8'  Voix Celeste           (tc)  61
4'  Harmonic Flute               73
2'  Flautino                     61
8'  Cornopean                    73
8'  Oboe                         73
8'  Vox Humana                   73
    Tremulant
    Chimes

Sub
Unison Off
Super


    PEDAL (Expressive)
32' Resultant                    --
16' Sub Bass                     32
16' Bourdon                      32
16' Bourdon                (Sw)  --
8'  Sub Bass                     12
8'  Gamba                  (Gt)  --
8'  Bourdon                (Sw)  --
16' Trombone               (Gt)  12


[Received from Jeff Scofield November 2, 2015]

Documents

(1932-11-01) Review of a concert performed by Charles M. Courboin in November 1932. From The Diapason, December 1st, 1932. -Daniel Boin