Kilgen Organ Co.
Opus 7788, 1957
First Evangelical United Brethren Church / First United Methodist Church
64 W. Chocolate Ave.
Hershey, PA, US
26 Ranks - 1,714 Pipes
Instrument ID: 33362 ● Builder ID: 3335 ● Location ID: 29595
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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:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions24 Stops57 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Updated through online information from Shawn Gingrich. -- 8 ranks of pipes were used in the new Letourneau instrument (Op. 121, 2010), the Gemshorn, Clarinet, Oboe/Fagotto, Koppel Flute, Viola, Viola Cel, Pd Trombone, and Pd Bourdon. Other ranks were salvaged by Letourneau. The chests went to a local organ builder and the console went to Brethren Fellowship Church, 339 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg PA for use as a console for a Hauptwerk computer organ.
Database Manager on June 20th, 2009:
Updated through information received via e-mail from Shawn Gingrich June 19, 2009: -- To be replaced in 2010. "The Kilgen organ is being reused, in part, in the new instrument being built by Letourneau. There are some 'extra pipes' that are going along with all of the chests, reservoirs and blower to a home organ builder. The console is going to a church that will use it as a controller for a ... digital organ."
Database Manager on June 20th, 2009:
According to the church website, the Létourneau organ will reuse eight ranks from the Kilgen.
Database Manager on March 1st, 2008:
Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This organ replaced a 1932, 3-manual Midmer-Losh - installed when the building was First United Bethren Church.
Related Instrument Entries: Orgues Létourneau Ltée (Opus 121, 2010)
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