Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc.
Opus 4317, 1929

Carnegie Hall

881 Seventh Avenue at 57th Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY, US

62 Ranks - 4,381 Pipes

Instrument ID: 24477 ● Builder ID: 2291 ● Location ID: 21747

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Builder: Unknown

Position: Movable Console

Design: Traditional Without Cover

Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)

Features:

4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal7 Divisions56 Stops91 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Stop Keys on Angled Jambs

Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Database Manager on May 15th, 2014: 
Updated through online information from John Speller.  -- Echo Division now in St. Louis Cathedral Basilica.

Database Manager on November 6th, 2006: 
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.

Database Manager on November 3rd, 2006: 
Identified through online information from James R. Stettner.  -- Funded by a $50,000.00 donation from the Carnegie Corporation. Specs drawn-up by Alfred G. Kilgen & Pietro Yon. Pipe installed in original Roosevelt chamber, a rigging loft, and a chamber in the dress circle. Dedicated 1929. Broadcast on WOR. Poorly maintainedp; by late 1950s, portable instruments brought in. Removed by 1964 after cost to overhaul Kilgen determined to be $150,000.00. Portable instruments continue to be used - including a Schlicker

Webpage Links: Carnegie Hall - New York City

Related Instrument Entries: Kilgen Organ Co. (1948)

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