Better Pipe Organ Database

Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 5859 (1937)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary; front
3184 Jefferson St.
Macon, MS

Images

2025-02-02 - Console (Peyton Parker/Peyton Parker)

2025-02-02 - Facade (Peyton Parker/Peyton Parker)

2025-02-02 - Church interior and organ facade (Peyton Parker/Peyton Parker )

2025-02-02 - Church exterior (Peyton Parker/Peyton Parker)

2025-02-02 - Facade / grille (Peyton Parker/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
12 stops
17 registers
3 divisions
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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2025-02-05 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from The American Organist, June 1937. Subsequently verified with the Kilgen opus list. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

FINGER PISTONS: Swell & Pedal 1-5, Great & Pedal 1-5; FOOT LEVERS: Great Rev (Gt. to Ped. reversible), Sforzando (reversible); PEDAL MOVEMENTS (l-r): Great expression (balanced), Swell expression (balanced), Crescendo (balanced). [Originally received from Jeff Scofield May 19, 2022]. Source: TAO, June 1937; Updated/corrected from console photos [2025]

Great Open Diapason 8, Hohl Flute 8, Dulciana 8, Octave 4, Tremolo, Chimes [20]

Swell Geigen Principal 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Viole d'Orchestre 8, Flute Harmonique 4, Flautino 2, Oboe 8, Vox Humana 8, Chimes, Tremolo

Pedal Bourdon 16, Lieblich Gedeckt 16, Flute 8, Still Gedeckt 8

Swell to Pedal 8 (Swell 8), Swell to Pedal 4 (Swell 4), Great to Pedal 8 (Great 8), Great to Pedal 4 (Great 4), Great to Great 16 (Great 16), Great to Great 8 (Unison Off), Great to Great 4 (Great 4), Swell to Great 16 (Swell 16), Swell to Great 8 (Swell 8), Swell to Great 4 (Swell 4), Swell to Swell 8 (Unison Off), Swell to Swell 16 (Swell 16), Swell to Swell 4 (Swell 4)