Better Pipe Organ Database

Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 3118 (1922)

St. John Cantius Catholic Church
825 N. Carpenter St.
Chicago, IL

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

Images

2015-03-23 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2011-02-27 - Sanctuary interior to rear and organ (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
30 stops
40 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

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

2004-10-30 - [Ledger also shows Kilgen Job #3932 c. 1927. One is probably the Op. no. and the other work on an existing instrument.]. Being rebuilt c. 1996 by Daniel Bogue with direct-electric action, new 3m. stop--tab console. -Database Manager

2012-02-15 - Updated through online information from Kristina Powers. -- The Kilgen has been scrapped and is being replaced with Casavant Opus 1130 from the closed St. James Methodist Church in Hyde Park. The Casavant is currently being restored and is expected to be fully installed in Summer 2013. -Database Manager

2012-02-16 - Updated through online information from Kristina Powers. -- Cantius website states the Kilgen was built in 1907, fell into disrepair into the 70's and 80's. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON February 1923

    Chicago, Illinois
    St. John Cantius Catholic Church

    Kilgen   Op. 3118   1922   3/30
    ____________________________________________

    GREAT                     SWELL 
16' Open Diapason    73   16' Bourdon         73
 8' Open Diapason    73    8' Open Diapason   73
 8' Open Diapason 2  12    8' Stopped Flute   73
 8' Grossflöte       73    8' Salicional      73
 8' Doppelflöte      73    8' Vox Celeste     61
 8' Viol d'Gamba     73    8' Aeoline         73
 4' Octave           73    4' Flauto Traverso 73
 4' Flute Harmonic   73    4' Violin          73
 2' Super Octave     61   16' Contra Fagotto  73
 8' Tuba             73    8' Cornopean       73
                           8' Oboe            73
    PEDAL                  8' Vox Humana      73
32' Resultant Bass   --       Tremolo
16' Open Diapason 1  32
16' Open Diapason 2  GT       CHOIR
16' Bourdon          32   16' Quintaton       73
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW    8' Quintadena      12
 8' Flute Major      12    8' Violin Diapason 73
 8' Bass Flute       12    8' Melodia         73
 8' Violoncello      GT    8' Dulciana        73
16' Trombone      GT 12    4' Flute d'Amoure  73
16' Contra Posaune   SW    2' Piccolo         61
                           8' Clarinet        73
                              Tremolo
 
  Pipecounts were not given in THE DIAPASON, so
  these pipecounts are based on similar Kilgens.

 [Received from Jeff Scofield November 25, 2022]

Websites

St. John Cantius Parish [Pipe Organs at St. John Cantius] - Photographs (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)