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Kilgen Organ Co. (1959 ca.)

Images

2021-12-24 - Right stop tabs (Great and Choir) (Photograph by Mark Sudeith/Mark Sudeith)

2021-12-24 - Left stop tabs (Swell and Pedal) (Photograph by Mark Sudeith/Mark Sudeith)

2021-12-24 - Gallery with organ chambers: Swell on left and Great on right (Photograph by Mark Sudeith/Mark Sudeith)

2024-05-09 - Console (Daniel Boin/Daniel Boin)

Consoles

Gallery

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
• 3 manuals
• 21 stops
• 39 registers
• 4 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)
• Has crescendo
• Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
• Has combination thumb pistons
• Has combination toe pistons

Notes

2021-12-31 - According to the parish history, the organ was installed sometime between 1957 and 1960. The organ has been rebuilt with a Peterson control system and is in excellent playing condition. -Mark Sudeith

2022-01-01 - This entry represents the installation of a new pipe organ. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Taken from console

GREAT (Expressive with Choir) Gemshorn 16 (85 pipes), Diapason 8 (61 pipes), Hohl Flute 8 (61 pipes), Gemshorn 8 (from Gemshorn 16'), Octave 4 (73 pipes), Gemshorn 4 (from Gemshorn 16'), Twelfth 2 2/3 (from Octave 4'), Fifteenth 2 (from Octave 4), Mixture [2 2/3] II (122 pipes), Great to Great 16', Great Unison Off , Great to Great 4'

SWELL (Expressive) Rohr Bourdon 16 (85 pipes), Geigen Diapason 8 (73 pipes), Rohr Floete 8 (from Rohrboudon 16'), Viole De Gambe 8 (73 pipes), Viole Celeste (tc) 8 (61 pipes), Principal 4 (73 pipes), Flute Harmonic 4 (73 pipes), Plein Jeu III (183 pipes), Trompette 8 (73 pipes), Oboe 8 (73 pipes), Tremolo , Swell to Swell 16', Swell Unison Off , Swell to Swell 4'

CHOIR (Expressive) Concert Flute 8 (85 pipes), Dulciana 8 (85 pipes), Unda Maris 8 (61 pipes, tenor C), Flute Traverso 4 (from Concert Flute 8'), Dulcet 4 (from Dulciana 8'), Dolce Quint 2 2/3 (from Dulciana 8'), Dolce Fifteenth 2 (from Dulciana 8'), Vox Humana 8 (61 pipes (bottom 8 notes not playing)), Tremolo , Choir to Choir 16, Choir Unison Off , Choir to Choir 4'

PEDAL (Expressive) Resultant 32 (- - from Bourdon 16'), Contra Bass 16 (32 pipes (expressive with Choir)), Bourdon 16 (56 pipes (expressive with Swell)), Gemshorn 16 (- - from Great Gemshorn), Rohr Bourdon 16 (- - from Swell Rohr Bourdon), Octave 8 (44 pipes (expressive with Choir)), Bass Flute 8 (- - from Bourdon 16'), Rohr Floete 8 (- - from Swell Rohr Bourdon), Dulciana 8 (- - from Choir Dulciana), Choral Bass 4 (- - from Octave 8'), Blockfloete 4 (- - from Bourdon 16'), Trompette 8 (- - from Swell Trompette)

Unknown

INTER-DIVISIONAL COUPLERS Swell to Pedal (8,4), Great to Pedal (8,4), Choir to Pedal, Swell to Great (16,8,4), Choir to Great (16,8,4), Swell to Choir (16,8,4)

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