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George (John) Kilgen / Geo. Kilgen (1875)

Christ Episcopal Church: Sanctuary; front
212 Key St.
Eastport, ME

Images

2020-10-24 - Memorial Plaque (Photograph by John Newell/John Newell)

2020-10-24 - Pedalboard (Photograph by John Newell/John Newell)

2020-10-24 - Keydesk: left stopjamb (Photograph by John Newell/John Newell)

2020-10-24 - Keydesk: right stopjamb (Photograph by John Newell/John Newell)

2020-10-24 - Keydesk: manual and stops (Photograph by John Newell/John Newell)

2020-10-18 - Organ case (Photograph by John Newell/John Newell)

ca. 1910 - Church exterior and Institute (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage Postcard, submitted by James R. Stettner/James R. Stettner)

2010-04-21 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Church Facebook page, submitted by James R. Stettner/James R. Stettner)

2009-09-08 - Organ at front of nave (Photograph by Church Facebook page, submitted by James R. Stettner/James R. Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
7 stops
7 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Stoplist

Source: Taken from October 2020 photos of the keydesk and stops October 27, 2020

Eastport, Maine
Christ Episcopal Church

GEO. KILGEN, 1875 - Original Specifications


MANUAL (Expressive)                          COUPLERS (Drawknob)
[8]  Open                        __          Coupler             [Man. to Pedal]
[8]  Melodia                     __
Gr. 8 ft. Dulciana               __
[8]  Stop Dia. Bass              __          FOOT LEVERS
[4]  Principal                   56          Unknown                   [removed]
 4   Flute                       __
[2]  Flageolet                   56
                                             PEDAL MOVEMENTS
                                             Expression                [removed]
PEDAL
16 Ft. Bourdon                   25


ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop     VOICES: 7      STOPS: 8      RANKS: 7      PIPES: 


NOTES
The organ is freestanding and encased at the front of the room – recessed into
a left alcove with the front facing the nave. The 3-sectional façade contains
13 pipes arranged: 3-7-3, which includes __ speaking pipes from the [8'] Open.

The original home(s) is/are not known. The organ was offered for sale on ebay
in 2002 from a location in Nebraska, and former Christ Church Music Director
Gregory Noyes coordinated its purchase and installation in 2002 with organ
builder Timothy Smith. A plaque on the console reads:

                           Dedicated
                            To  The
                         Glory Of God
                            And In
                         Thanksgiving
                            To The
                           Honor Of
                        Laura J. Turner
                              And
                       Eleanor T. Norton
                       October 20,  2002

The keydesk is attached and projecting with a lid which opens to form a music
rack. The pedalboard is 25-notes, flat and straight, with radiating sharps.
The stops are as drawknobs in terraced jambs on either side of the manual.
The 8' Dulciana and 4' Flute labels are non-original.

Sources: Music Dir. John Newell, photos by John Newell


Christ Church, Episcopal
21 Key St.
Eastport,  ME. 04631                         Documented: October 27, 2020

Documents

(2020-10-18) The Story of the Christ Episcopal Kilgen Organ Origins and history of the organ -John Newell

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#65398†* - George (John) Kilgen / Geo. Kilgen (1875 ca.)