Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc.
Opus 6030, 1938

Jeff Scofield on May 18th, 2022:
From Wikipedia: The Jackling House, the historic Spanish Colonial Revival Style mansion and estate, was located in Woodside, California. It was designed by renowned architect George Washington Smith  in 1925 for Jackling and his family. In 1984 Steve Jobs purchased the 17,000 sq ft (1,600 m2) property and lived in it for ten years. After that, he rented it out for a time, and in 2000, he stopped maintaining it. In 2004 Jobs stirred Woodside preservationist controversy by applying for a permit to tear the historic landmark down to build a smaller house. A judge ruled against demolition in early 2006. Jobs appealed the decision. In April 2007, the California State Supreme Court refused to hear the Jobs appeal, which meant he could not raze the house. Nonetheless, Jobs won approval to demolish the Jackling House from the Woodside Town Council on May 13, 2009. On April 29, 2010, the architectural-historical preservationists group Uphold Our Heritage appealed the March court decision to allow the Woodside Town Council to issue a demolition permit, submitted by the group's attorney Doug Carstens. The appeal put an "automatic stay" on the issuance of demolition permits. "If that (Yoho family relocation permits) works out, and it looks like there's a lot of promise to that working out, then it won't be necessary to pursue the appeal," he said. "We've always been in favor of relocation and restoration." "We respectfully disagree with the court's decision, and we have all along." Carstens said. The house was demolished in February 2011.

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Jim Stettner on December 1st, 2020:
The work done by Kilgen was under opus numbers 6030, 6030A, 6030B, and 6030C - the latter of which was for a new generator.

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Database Manager on October 27th, 2014:
Updated through information from <i>Friends of the Jackling Organ</i> web site. -- In 1938, Daniel Jackling commissioned the Kilgen Organ Company to upgrade his existing Aeolian residence organ. The original organ, of 2 manuals and 14 ranks, was expanded to 4 manuals and 55 ranks. The Aeolian was equipped with a Duo-Art player, which was retained and augmented with a Roesler-Hunholz player. Both players could play notes and automatically change stops, but while the Aeolian player was aimed at a two manual organ, the Roesler-Hunholz could take advantage of the large size of the expanded organ.

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Database Manager on March 2nd, 2011:
Updated through online information from John Haskey. -- Sometime late in 2010 a trespasser/vandal set fire to the console and the tabs, nameboard, music desk, and mechanical combination action were destroyed.

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Database Manager on March 2nd, 2011:
Updated through online information from John Haskey. -- The Jackling Residence was demolished on Feb 15th, 2011 (and following). The majority of the instrument was successfully removed to storage. The original blower (1 of 2), the great main (Aeolian) chest (heavily water damaged), and the majority of the relay 'went down' with the building.

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Database Manager on January 14th, 2011:
Updated through online information from John Haskey. -- The Jackling House is owned by Steve Jobs, who after many years of legal struggle has won the right to demolish the house. The organ has been given to a private party who has removed the majority of it to storage in the hope of re-installing it in a new location in the future.

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Database Manager on October 19th, 2009:
Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The residence is now owned by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who wants to tear the house down. He has allowed the place to decay and suffer from water damage -- including the organ -- but from April 2009 photos on the internet, it looks as though it might well still be salvageable. In May 2009, after some 25 years of legal battles, Jobs finally won the right to demolish the house. The current status of house and organ is not known.