Pipe Organ Database

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Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. (Opus 3323, 1925)

Location:

St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church
Corner Adams & Figueroa streets
Los Angeles, CA US
Organ ID: 38962

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 50 ranks. 7 divisions. 4 manuals. 48 stops. 65 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 7
  • Stops: 48
  • Registers: 65
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on November 17, 2009:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on November 16, 2009:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on January 29, 2009:

Identified through online information from Jim Lewis. -- Four-manuals. Gallery installation in chambers flanking rear window. New Wicks console added in 1950s (which has caught fire more than once). Dedicated by Clarence Eddy.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist from the <i>The Diapason</i> June 1924
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Console: Photograph in private collection. Taken on 1983-02-28

Nave seen from choir gallery: Photograph from an archival source: Jim Lewis collection, submitted by Jim Lewis. Taken approx. 1933

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