Kilgen Organ Co.
Opus 7641, 1953
St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church
605 E. 9th Avenue
Homestead (Munhall), PA, US
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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:
2 Manuals Electrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Tilting/Rocking Tablets 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 Extant and Not Playable in this location
Church is now an event space called "This is Red" https://thisisredeventspace.com
Database Manager on March 28th, 2014:
Updated through online information from Joseph Tuttle.
Database Manager on July 4th, 2013:
Updated through online information from Joseph Tuttle. -- The organ was located in twin cases in the back corners of the second level gallery, while the console was on the first level gallery. The blower was located in an adjacent room.
Database Manager on July 3rd, 2013:
This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.
Identified by Joseph Tuttle, based on personal knowledge of the organ.
-- This instrument was releathered and re-actioned by Schendle Organ Company in the early 1990s. The Kilgen ventil chests were rebuilt as Direct Electric, the swell motor was replaced by a solenoid motor, and the reservoirs were releathered. In 2009 the Diocese of Pittsburgh closed the church along with two other parishes in the town. In early 2011 the organ was dismantled to be rebuilt as the core of a new instrument utilizing elements of the three organs from the three closed churches. Upon completion it shall be installed at St. Maximilian Kolbe (formerly St. Ann's) Church in Homestead.
Webpage Links: Abandoned Online , John Bocan album
Related Instrument Entries: Luley Organ Company (2014)
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