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Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 3655 (1926)

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Cathedral
Salina, KS

Images

1945-07-30 - Church exterior (Photo from the Salina Public Library archives; used with permission/Database Manager)

1908-01-01 - Church interior (Vintage postcard image in the private collection of Bob Helling/Database Manager)

1989-04-04 - Original console (pictured in the 1952 Cathedral) (Photograph by Bob Helling/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
13 stops
23 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1989 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Moved to new building next door in 1952. Rebuilt by Kilgen Organ Co. 1952, 3-16. -Database Manager

2006-09-14 - Updated through online information from Bob Helling. -- Original organ was a 2-13 with 25 stops. 4 new ranks added by Kilgen in 1952 when moved to new Cathedral. Rebuilt and altered 1987 by Larson Organ Co., Marquette,KS. Original pipework discarded in rebuild stored by this author. Restored to original specs with original pipework 2003 by Combs Organ Specialists with digital additions and new Rodgers 3 Manual Console. All stoplists from original contract to and including present available upon request from Bob Helling. hell@alltel.net. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Date not recorded

Salina, Kansas
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Cathedral

George Kilgen & Son, Opus 3655, 1926 - 2/13


    GREAT (Expressive)
16' Contra Gamba           (TC)  --
8'  Open Diapason                73  (Sc 43)
8'  Double Flute                 61
8'  Viole d'Gamba                61  (Sc 56)
8'  Melodia                      73  (No. 2)
8'  Dulciana                     61  (Sc 56)
4'  Octave
4'  Flute


    SWELL (Expressive)
16' Bourdon                      97  (Flute Unit)
8'  Open Diapason                61
8'  Stopped Diapason
8'  Salicional                   73  (Sc 60)
8'  Vox Celeste            (tc)  61  (Sc 62)
8'  Aeoline                      73  (SC 62)
4'  Flute d'Amour
4'  Violina
2'  Flautina
8'  Orchestral Oboe       (Syn)  --
8'  Cornopean                    73
8'  Vox Humana                   73
    Tremolo


    PEDAL
16' Sub Bass                     12  (No. 1)
16  Bourdon                      32  (No. 2)
16' Lieblich Gedackt       (Sw)  --
8'  Dolce Flute            (Sw)  --
8'  Violon Cello           (Gt)  --


    COUPLERS
Undocumented


    FINGER PISTONS
Undocumented


    TOE STUDS
Undocumented


    PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Great Expression               (bal.)
Swell Expression               (bal.)
Crescendo                      (bal.)


    NOTES
Sw. III Rank Plein Jeu and Gt. 8' Gemshorn added
by Kilgen Organ Co. in 1952.


[Received online from Bob Helling December 01, 2009.]

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