Better Pipe Organ Database

Kilgen Organ Co. (1949)

Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church
7851 S Jeffery Blvd.
Chicago, IL

Images

2018-08-13 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-08-13 - Console and organ chamber (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-08-13 - Altar and Antiphonal-Echo chambers (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-08-08 - Church interior from floor (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-01-02 - Church interior from gallery (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
35 stops
54 registers
6 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

Notes

2022-06-25 - The church has been closed; the last mass was held September 6, 2020. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON November 1948

       Chicago, Illinois
       Our Lady of Peace R. C. Church

       Kilgen   1949   3/39
       _______________________________________________

       GREAT                       ANTIPHONAL-ECHO
    8' Open Diapason     61     8' Violin Diapason  73
    8' Hohlflöte         61     8' Fernflöte        73
    8' Viola             61     8' Gemshorn         73
    4' Octave            61     8' Gemshorn Celeste 61
2 2/3' Twelfth           61     8' Vox Aetheria     73 
    2' Fifteenth         61     8' Vox Angelica     61
    8' Tromba            61     4' Geigen Principal 12
       Chimes            25     4' Flute Amabile    73
                              III  Plein Jeu       183
       SWELL                    8' Vox Humana       73
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt  73
    8' Geigen Diapason   73        ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
    8' Stopped Flute     73    16' Bass Flute       12
    8' Salicional        73     8' Violin Diapason  AN
    8' Voix Celeste      73     8' Flute            AN
    4' Octave Geigen     73     8' Gemshorn         AN
    4' Flute Harmonic    73
    2' Flautino          61        PEDAL
  III  Mixture 12-15-19 183    32' Resultant        --
    8' Trompette         73    16' Open Diapason    32
    8' Oboe              73    16' Bourdon          32
                               16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
       CHOIR (encl w/Great)    16' Dulciana         CH
   16' Dulciana          73     8' Octave           12
    8' Open Diapason     73     8' Flute            12
    8' Melodia           73     8' Gedeckt          SW
    8' Dulciana          12     8' Dulciana         CH
    8' Unda Maris        61     4' Flute            12
    4' Flute d'Amour     73    16' Trombone      GT 12
    4' Dulcet            12     8' Tromba           GT
2 2/3' Dolce 12th         7
    2' Dolce 15th         5
    8' Clarinet          73
       Chimes            GT

         [Received from Jeff Scofield June 25, 2022]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON November 1948 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield