Better Pipe Organ Database

Kilgen Organ Co. (1947)

Holy Ghost Roman Catholic Church
1900 California St.
Denver, CO

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

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by structurae.net, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church interior (Photograph by fonwall.ru, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
30 stops
35 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

Notes

2015-11-21 - Replaced in 1985 by 3/46 Schantz Op. 1817. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON April 1947

       Denver, Colorado
       Holy Ghost Catholic Church

       Kilgen   1947   3/34
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT (enclosed)              PEDAL
    8' Open Diapason    73       16' Major Bass        32
    8' Hohlflöte        73       16' Bourdon           32
    8' Viola            73       16' Lieblich Gedeckt  12 SW
    8' Dulciana         73        8' Flute             12
    4' Octave           73        8' Still Gedeckt     SW
2 2/3' Twelfth          61       16' Trombone          12 GT
    2' Fifteenth        61
    8' Trumpet          73           SANCTUARY
                                  8' Open Diapason     73
       SWELL                      8' Claribel Flute    73
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt 73        8' Gemshorn          73
    8' Geigen Principal 73        8' Gemshorn Celeste  61
    8' Stopped Flute    73        8' Vox Angelica      73
    8' Viola da Gamba   73        8' Vox Aetheria      61
    8' Voix Celeste     73        4' Flute Amabile     73
    4' Flute Harmonique 73      III  Dulciana Mixture 183
    2' Flautino         73        8' Vox Humana        73
  III  Ripieno         183
    8' Oboe             73           SANCTUARY PEDAL
    8' Clarinet         73       16' Bourdon           32
                                  8' Flute             12

           [Received from Jeff Scofield June 7, 2022]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON April 1947 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield