2021-09-23 - Identified through online information from Francis Cummings. -- Los Angeles, St. Paul's Catholic Church at Washington and Bronson Ave. has a Geo. Kilgen and Sons, 3MP. 2 consoles. one 2mp downstairs, and 3 MP in choir loft. about 44 ranks. It had an echo organ of about 9 ranks. I learned on the instrument 1968-1973. It was in bad shape about 1979. -Jim Stettner
2021-09-24 - This Kilgen was quite nice. I learned to play organ on it in 1968. The main console is in the rear Choir Loft. It is a 3MP. Attached to the console to the right of the Choir manual "Box of 10 push buttons" to play the tower bells. I don't think the bells are working anymore. Over each division tabs was a cancel "button" more like a 2" bar with the division name on it. Typical Kilgen. I think the old console in the New York Catholic Cathedral looked like this one. The 2nd console at the front left side of the pews, under the Echo Organ. It is a 2MP. The Choir was played on the Great. If playing this console, it was always a good idea to use a stop on the Echo as your "monitor" for the delay was distracting. -Francis Cummings
2021-09-24 - The Echo division mixture chest has toggle switches to turn off each rank of the 3 rk Mixture for tuning. There was an English Horn on the Choir division. -Francis Cummings
2022-04-21 - The 3-manual gallery console has stop controls for the gallery and sanctuary organs; the 2-manual sanctuary console can only play the gallery organ by using the crescendo pedal. -Jeff Scofield
Source: From THE DIAPASON July 1937
Los Angeles, California
St. Paul Catholic Church
Kilgen Op. 5882 1937 3/38
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GALLERY GREAT GALLERY PEDAL
8' 1st Diapason 73 32' Resultant --
8' 2nd Diapason 73 16' Contra Bass 32
8' Flute Harmonique 73 16' Bourdon 32
8' Gemshorn 73 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
4' Octave 73 8' Octave 12
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 8' Flute 12
2' Fifteenth 61 8' Stillgedeckt SW
8' Tromba 73 4' Flute 12
16' Trombone GT 12
GALLERY SWELL
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 73 SANCTUARY GREAT
8' Geigen Principal 73 8' Open Diapason 73
8' Gedeckt 73 8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Viola da Gamba 73 8' Melodia 73
8' Voix Celeste 73 8' Viola 73
4' Flute Traversiere 73 8' Dulciana 73
2' Flautino 61
III Mixture 12-15-19 183 SANCTUARY SWELL
8' Oboe 73 8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Vox Humana 73 8' Salicional 73
4' Flute Harmonic 73
GALLERY CHOIR 8' Vox Humana 73
8' Open Diapason 73
8' Melodia 73 SANCTUARY PEDAL
8' Dulciana 73 16' Bourdon 32
8' Unda Maris 61
4' Flute d'Amour 73
8' Clarinet 73
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