Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc.
1914
First Presbyterian Church
Lewisburg, TN, US
10 Ranks
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CONSOLES
Builder: Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc.
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal3 Divisions11 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Pedalboard is original and flat, not AGO. Also, the organ has always had tracker action. Milnar Organ company completed rebuild in 1977; MOC intalled new 0.45 Ventus Blower (1997), chimes (1987), motor tremolo (2000).
Database Manager on August 23rd, 2005:
Online update from Melvin Potts -- Organ is still in regular use. The original pedalboard has been replaced with an A.G.O. pedalboard; otherwise organ is in original condition.
Database Manager on April 13th, 2005:
Reconditioned by Milnar Organ Co., Eagleville, TN in 1980.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1994.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The pedal board has been replaced by AGO pedalboard. [The Diapason, May 1914, p. 9 shows a 1914 Tubular Kilgen for this church. An error?]
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