Better Pipe Organ Database

Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 7479 (1950)

St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church: Upper Church
82-00 35th Ave.
Queens (Jackson Heights), NY

Images

2020-04-11 - Nave interior showing divided chambers in the rear gallery. (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2018-01-04 - Church exterior; facade (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Gallery

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
31 stops
46 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2022-04-19 - This entry represent the first installation of a new organ. Identified from the Kilgen opus list and the New York City Organ Project website. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Copied from the New York City Organ Project listing

Queens (Jackson Heights), New York
St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church

Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc., Opus 7479, 1950


      GREAT (Expressive w/Ch)                 SWELL (Expressive)
8     Diapason I            73          16    Rohr Bourdon          12
8     Diapason II           73          8     Open Diapason         73     
8     Hohl Flute 	    73          8     Rohr Flute            73
8     Gemshorn              73          8     Viole d'Gamba         73
4     Principal             73          8     Viole Celeste   (TC)  61
4     Koppel Flute          73          4     Octave Geigen         73
2 2/3 Twelfth               61          4     Flute Triangulaire    73
2     Fifteenth             61          2     Flautino              61
      Tremolo                           IV    Plein Jeu            244
      Chimes                            16    Fagotto               73
                                        8     Trompette             73
Great to Great 16'                      8     Oboe                  73 	 
Great Unison Off                        8     Vox Humana            73 	 
Great to Great 4'                       4     Clarion               73
                                              Tremolo

      PEDAL (Expressive)                Swell to Swell 16'
32    Sub Bourdon           12 *        Swell Unison Off
16    Major Bass            32          Swell to Swell 4'
16    Bourdon               32 *
16    Rohr Bourdon    (Sw)  --
8     Octave                32 +              CHOIR (Expressive w/Gt)
8     Bass Flute            12 *        8     Geigen Diapason       73
8     Rohr Floete     (Sw)  --          8     Concert Flute         73
4     Super Octave          12 +        8     Dulciana              73
4     Block Floete          56 * 	8     Unda Maris      (TC)  61
2     Doublette             12 *        4     Zart Floete           73
IV    Plein Jeu       (Sw)  --          2 2/3 Nasard                61
16    Trombone        (Sw)  12          8     Clarinet              73
16    Fagotto         (Sw)  --                Tremolo
8     Trompette       (Sw)  --                Harp                 (__)
4     Clarion         (Sw)  --
                                        Choir to Choir 16' 	 
                                        Choir Unison Off 	 
                                        Choir to Choir 4'

Websites

New York City Organ Project: Queens - History, specifications (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)