Charles C. Kilgen, Jr.

Active: Unknown - Unknown Type: Builder

Distinction:

St. Louis, Missouri, 1913–1946.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Note from the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). -

Son of Charles C. Kilgen, Sr., brother of Alfred G., Eugene R., George J., Henry C., Jean, and Rudolph F. Kilgen; with George Kilgen & Son of St. Louis, Missouri, 1913, partner, 1924, plant manager, 1928; with father and brothers, formed Charles Kilgen & Son {later Kilgen Associates}, 1939; with Kilgen Organ Co. of St. Louis, Missouri, 1946. [With Curtiss-Wright Corp., St. Louis, Missouri, 1943-1946. - Source?]

Source:

  • David Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 1 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985), 182.


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Database Manager on August 29th, 2015:

See main entry:
Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc.

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