Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc.
Opus 3403, 1927
St. Francis Xavier College Church
Church
3628 Lindell Boulevard
St. Louis, MO, US
64 Ranks
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal8 Divisions58 Stops91 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionCrescendoCombination Thumb Piston(s)Combination Toe Piston(s)Coupler Thumb Piston(s)Coupler Toe Piston(s)Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not ExtantandNot Playable in this location
The organ was discarded when the church was extensively renovated in the 1980's; some pipework was rescued and taken to All Saints' Episcopal Church, Indianapolis.
Database Manager on March 5th, 2011:
Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- According to a February 9, 2006 article by Matthew Lehner, in The University News; in an article entitled, "Great, mighty, and gone": "Looking east also tells the story of a lost treasure that once echoed inside the College Church. The vacant caverns below the east, rose window once held one of the greatest gems of the church: a pipe organ, renowned not only for its majestic appearance, but also its timbre. On Jan. 31, 1925, St. Francis Xavier, Jesuit College Church signed the contract that would put in place what would become one of the greatest organs in the Midwest. The total bill would cost the church $28,000 ($303,251 in 2005 figures). It would take Kilgen & Son, Inc. two years to build the massive instrument. More than 80 ranks, approximately 4,600 pipes, would fill the sanctuary."
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