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Kilgen Organ Co. Opus 5913 (1938)

OHS convention: 1990

Images

2010-02-27 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2010-02-27 - Sanctuary interior from floor (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2010-02-27 - Sanctuary interior to rear (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2010-02-27 - Console (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2010-02-27 - Console side view (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2010-02-27 - Church exterior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

Unknown - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case (Photograph from <i>The Tracker</i> (April 1990); image courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
• 4 manuals
• 43 stops
• 55 registers
• 5 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)
• Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1990. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Sanctuary division added later [1940's. ?] -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from concert program, January 21, 1938 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Shorewood, Wisconsin
St. Robert's Roman Catholic Church

Kilgen Organ Co, Opus 5913, 1938

Great: (expressive)
16   Open Diapason
8'   First Open Diapason
8'   Second Open Diapason
8'   Clarabella
8'   Gemshorn
4'   Octave
4'   Flute Harmonic
2 2/3'  Twelfth
2'   Fifteenth
III  Mixture
8'   Tromba
Tremolo
Chimes


Swell: (expressive)
16'  Bourdon
8'   Geigen Diapason
8'   Stopped Flute
8'   Salicional
8'   Voix Celeste
4'   Octave Geigen
4'   Flauto Traverso
2'   Flautino
III  Mixture
16'  Posaune
8'   Trumpet
8'   Oboe D'Amore
8'   Vox Humana
4'   Clarion
Tremolo

Choir: (expressive)
8'   Open Diapason
8'   Concert Flute
8'   Flute Celeste (tc)
8'   Viola
8'   Dulciana
4'   Chimney Flute
2'   Piccolo Harmonic
8'   Clarinet
Tremolo

Sanctuary: (Prepared For) (expressive)
8'   Horn Diapason
8'   Flute Cantabile
8'   Vox Angelica
8'   Vox Angelica Celeste
III  Aeola Aetheria
8'   Cor Anglais
8'   Vox Humana
8'   Harp Celestina
8'   Harp
4'   Harp

Pedal:
32'  Resultant
16'  Grand Diapason
16'  Open Diapason
16'  Violone
16'  Subbass
16'  Lieblich Gedeckt
8'   Octave
8'   Violone Cello
8'   Bass Flute
8'   Dolce Flute
16'  Trombone
16'  Posaune
8'   Tromba
8'   Tromba Clarion
16' Sanctuary Bass

   

 [Received from Ryan Mueller 2015-03-09.]

Documents

• Write-up from THE DIAPASON September 1937 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield

Websites

• Monologues, Op. 102 - 11. Lento - Rheinberger - Piece by Josef Rheinberger. Performed by Bruce Bengtson. Produced by The Organ Historical Society in 1990 with the title: Historic Organs of Milwaukee: Twenty-five Historic Pipe Organs, Madison to Milwaukee (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)
• Monologues, Op. 102 - 5. Andante Amabile - Rheinberger - Piece by Josef Rheinberger. Performed by Bruce Bengtson. Produced by The Organ Historical Society in 1990 with the title: Historic Organs of Milwaukee: Twenty-five Historic Pipe Organs, Madison to Milwaukee (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)
• Monologues, Op. 102 - 1. Con Moto - Piece by Josef Rheinberger. Performed by Bruce Bengtson. Produced by The Organ Historical Society in 1990 with the title: Historic Organs of Milwaukee: Twenty-five Historic Pipe Organs, Madison to Milwaukee (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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