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Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 7517 (1951)

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Roman Catholic Church
2345 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd.
New York City: The Bronx, NY

Images

2006 - Church exterior (Photograph by Don Gilligan via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2006-11-15 - Console side view (Photograph by David Oniffrey via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2006-11-15 - Console (Photograph by David Oniffrey via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2006-11-15 - Chamber grillework (Photograph by David Oniffrey via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2006-11-15 - Church interior to front (Photograph by David Oniffrey via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2006-11-15 - Church interior to gallery (Photograph by David Oniffrey via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
32 stops
40 registers
4 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
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd. was University Ave. -Database Manager

2015-10-25 - Sustained smoke and water damage caused by an arson fire March 5, 2010, in a former confessional booth at the rear of the nave; cleaned and renovated 2012 by Klauder with tonal changes. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> February 1951 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Bronx, New York
     St. Nicholas of Tolentine R. C. Church

     Kilgen   1951   Op. 7517   3/38
     __________________________________________________

     GREAT                         SWELL

 16' Violone           73      16' Flute Conique     73
  8' Diapason          73       8' Geigen Diapason   73
  8' Hohlflöte         73       8' Rohrflöte         73
  8' Gemshorn          73       8' Viola da Gamba    73
  4' Octave            73       8' Voix Celeste      73
  4' Flute Harmonique  73       4' Principal         73
 II  Rauschquinte     122       4' Flute Harmonique  73
III  Fourniture       183 a     2' Octavin           61
  8' Trumpet           73      IV  Scharf           244 b
     Super                     16' Waldhorn          73
     Chimes                     8' Trompette         73
                                8' Oboe              73
     PEDAL                      4' Clarion           73
                                   Tremolo
 32' Sub Bourdon       --          Sub
 16' Contrabasse       32          Super
 16' Bourdon           32
 16' Violone           GT          CHOIR
 16' Flute Conique     SW
  8' Octave            32       8' Viola Pomposa     73 
  8' Bass Flute        12       8' Concert Flute     73
  8' Cello             GT       8' Cor de Nuit       73
  8' Rohrflöte         SW       8' Unda Maris        61
  4' Super Octave      12       4' Spitzflöte        73
 16' Bombarde          32       8' Clarinet          73
 16' Waldhorn          SW          Tremolo
                                   Sub
  a  19-22-26                      Super
  b  15-17-19-22

       [Received from Jeff Scofield October 25, 2015]

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