Detroit, Michigan
St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church
Geo. Kilgen & Son Op. 4516 1933
Electro-pneumatic key and stop action
4 manuals, 54 stops, 30 ranks (if completed: 67 stops, 37 ranks)
Compass: Manuals, 61 notes; Pedal, 32 notes
29 Couplers: 5 Pedal, 10 Great, 4 Swell, 7 Choir, 3 Echo
36 Combons
7 Division Cancels
6 Crescendos: Great/Choir, Swell, Echo, Antiphonal, Register (Crescendo shoe for main organ),
Antiphonal Register
Crescendo Coupler: All Shutters to Swell Shoe.
Great and Choir organs are on the left; Swell organ on the right; Echo is in the ceiling at
the opposite end of the auditorium; Antiphonal organs have not yet been installed. The
Echo organ is playable from the fourth manual as its home position, and from all other manuals
and pedal by couplers.
Stoplist from The Diapason (Mar. 1930); courtesy Jeff Scofield.
Console details from The American Organist (Oct. 1933); courtesy Stephen Schnurr.
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GREAT ORGAN ECHO ORGAN
16' Diapason * 61 16' Still Bourdon [TC]
8' 1st Open Diapason * 61 8' Lieblich Gedeckt 61
8' 2nd Open Diapason * 12 8' Vox Angelica 61
8' Philomela 61 8' Vox Aetheria [TC] 49
8' Gamba 61 8' Quintadena (syn)
8' Gemshorn 61 4' Fern Flute 12
8' Melodia CH 2' Zart Flöte 12
4' Octave 61 8' Vox Humana 61
4' Flute CH Tremulant
Ripieno Minore V 122 Sub
Ripieno Maggiore IX 183 Unison Off
Ripieno Fondamente XI Super
8' Tuba 61 Chimes 20 tubes
Sub
Unison Off PEDAL ORGAN
Super 32' Grand Diapason (resultant)
16' 1st Diapason 32
SWELL ORGAN 16' 2nd Diapason GT
16' Bourdon 73 16' Bourdon 32
8' Diapason 73 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
8' Stopped Diapason 12 8' Bass Flute 12
8' Salicional 73 8' Flauto Dolce SW
8' Voix Celeste [TC] 61 8' Cello GT
8' Aeoline 73 16' Tuba (ext. GT) 12
4' Flute d'Amour 12
4' Salicional 12 ECHO PEDAL ORGAN
2' Flautino 12 16' Echo Bourdon 12
8' Cornopean 73 8' Echo Flute EC
8' Oboe 73
8' Vox Humana 73
Tremulant ANTIPHONAL GREAT ORGAN (prep.)
Sub 8' Diapason (61)
Unison Off 8' Stopped Flute (61)
Super 8' Dulciana (61)
4' Flute (12)
CHOIR ORGAN
16' Contra Dulciana [TC] ANTIPHONAL SWELL ORGAN (prep.)
8' Violin Diapason 73 8' Horn Diapason (73)
8' Melodia 73 8' Stopped Flute GT
8' Dulciana 73 8' Keraulophone (73)
8' Violoncello GT 8' Voix Celeste [TC] (61)
4' Flute 12 8' Dulciana GT
4' Dulcet 12 4' Flute GT
2' Piccolo 12 Tremulant
8' Orchestral Oboe (syn)
8' Clarinet 73 ANTIPHONAL PEDAL ORGAN (prep.)
Tremulant 16' Bourdon (32)
Sub 8' Bourdon (12)
Unison Off 8' Flute GT
Super
Harp 49 bars * unenclosed
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2011-07-11.]