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Kilgen Organ Co. (1949)

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

Images

2008-12-15 - Organ; photo from church pamphlet (Digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main; rear gallery

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
• 2 manuals
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• 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

Notes

2024-05-29 - This entry represent the installation of a new organ. Identified from a compilation of Organs in Montata by Eugene M. Nye of Balcom and Vaughan. -Jim Stettner

2024-05-29 - Updated through online information James R. Stettner. -- In a case in the rear gallery with a 3-sectional facade containing 17 pipes arranged: 5-7-5. The three flats of pipes are divided by wood and grille cloth panels. The console is centered in the rear gallery with the organist facing the case. Source: Photo in the 2012 Rededication Booklet. Unknown if any of the Kilgen pipework was retained in the 2012 Balcom & Vaughan instrument. -Jim Stettner

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