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Kilgen Organ Co. (1959)

Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Cathedral
416 West 12th St.
Kansas City, MO

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


Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1968 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - The last instrument built by the Kilgen Organ Company. Probably 10-11rks. -Database Manager

2006-09-12 - Updated through online information from Bob Helling. -- Replaced 2004 by Ruffatti. Relocated to Church somewhere in Missouri. -Database Manager

2008-02-22 - Updated through online information from Stephen M. McMullen. -- This is the last known organ built by Kilgen before they closed. -Database Manager

2009-05-12 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The Kilgen was replaced in 2003 with a transplanted 1967 Ruffatti from St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Disposition of the Kilgen is presently unknown. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Kansas City, Missouri
1959 Kilgen Organ Co.
(Stoplist: David Schnute from T 12:3:15.)

GREAT 
8' Diapason
8' Hohlflute
8' Dulciana
4' Principal
2' Fifteenth

SWELL
8' Rohrflute
8' Viole de Gamba
8' Voix Celeste
4' Harmonic Flute
IV Plein Jeu
8' Trompette
Tremolo

PEDAL
16' Diapason
16' Bourdon
16' Lieblich
8' Principal
8' Rohrflute
8' Viola
4' Octave
16' Trompette



"With a mixture and one or two other stops of modern design, the tonal structure 
is something of an anachronism for Kilgen.  This firm clung tenaciously to 
stoplists of the 1920s throughout the revolutionary 1950s when the entire 
industry converted to what some now call contemporary American."


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