2020-12-04 - 14 ranks of the 1941 Kilgen installed over the balcony of the current sanctuary (Photograph by Richard Bartlett/Richard Bartlett)
Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by argenweb.net, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-11 - Fourteen of the 20 ranks of this instrument were installed over the balcony of the current FBC sanctuary (1967) and act as an antiphonal to the current chancel (Laukhuff) instrument. After significant damage in a hailstorm in 2008, the Kilgen antiphonal was repaired and is now in good working order. Whereabouts of the remaining 6 ranks are unknown. -Richard Bartlett
2022-07-17 - Original entry said status unknown. It's been renovated as an Antiphonal instrument at the same institution and is still in use. -Richard Bartlett
Source: From THE DIAPASON July 1941
Fort Smith, Arkansas
First Baptist Church
Kilgen 1941 3/20
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GREAT (encl w/CH) SWELL
8' Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 73
8' Melodia 61 8' Geigen Diapason 73
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Gedeckt 12
8' Dulciana CH 8' Salicional 73
4' Octave 61 8' Voix Celeste 61
4' Flute 12 4' Flute d'Amour 12
III Mixture 183 2 2/3' Nazard 7
8' Trumpet 61 2' Flautino 5
Chimes 20 8' Oboe Horn 73
8' Vox Humana 73
PEDAL
32' Resultant -- CHOIR
16' Major Bass 32 8' Open Diapason 73
16' Bourdon 32 8' Melodia GT
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW 8' Dulciana 73
8' Bass Flute (MB) 12 8' Unda Maris 61
8' Flute 12 4' Flute 12
8' Gedeckt SW 2' Piccolo --
4' Flute 12 8' Clarinet 73
16' Trombone GT 12
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