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Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 18 (1896)

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

ca. 2020 - Original Kilgen 8' Open Diapason pipes in the present organ (Photograph from an archival source: .pdf document on the parish website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1887 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: ,pdf document on the parish website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 2 manuals
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Notes

2022-06-23 - This entry represents the first installation of a new organ. Identified from a .pdf document about the organ history - posted on the parish website [accessed June 23, 2022]. The organ was moved to the new [present] building in 1939 and electrified. -Jim Stettner

Documents

• (1895-12-06) Kilgen Announcement in Newpaper Announcement of placing the order for the Kilgen for St. Boniface -Jim Stettner

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #68611†* - S. A. Guantt (1939)
• #68594 - Hale Organ Works (1962-63)

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