109 East 2nd Street
Aberdeen, Washington
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Console of the Whiteside Kilgen
The Whiteside Funeral Home chapel has a 2/4 Kilgen that was installed in 1930 at a cost of $2,700.00. The instrument was purchased from "Theatre Supply Company" and has 304 pipes, 23 stops with electro-pneumatic unit chests.
Photos and stoplist courtesy Jim Stettner, 2005
Kilgen Organ
Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc.
Builders
St. Louis, MO.
ACCOMP (I - Enclosed)
8 V D Orch
8 Flute
8 Vox Hum
8 Aeoline
4 Salic
4 Flute
[2] Harp
Chimes
2 blank, yellow stoptablets
SOLO (II - Enclosed)
16 Bourd
8 V D Orch
8 Flute
8 Vox Humana
8 Aeoline
4 Salic
4 Flute
4 Vox Hum
2 Picco
Chimes
[2] Harp
Gen Trem
Pedal (Enclosed)
16 Bour
8 Cello
8 Flute
4 Flute
3 blank, yellow stoptablets
Stop / Rank / Pipe / Analysis
16 Bour
(Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Flute.
16 Bourd
(So) - - Same as the 16' Bour.
8 V D Orch
(Acc/So) 61
8 Cello
(Ped) - - Same as the V D Orch.
8 Flute
(Acc/So/Ped) 61
8 Vox Hum (Acc/So) 49 Tenor C.
8 Aeoline
(Acc/So) 49 Tenor C. Bottom octave from V D Orch.
4 Salic
(Acc/So) 12 Extension of the 8' V D Orch.
4 Flute (Acc/So) 12 Extension of the 8' Flute.
4 Vox Hum (So) 12 Extension of the 8' Vox Humana.
2 Picco
(So) 12 Extension of the 8' Flute.
Chimes (Acc/So) (18) Mayland; middle c - f 42. Wurlitzer action.
[2] Harp
(Acc/So) (37) Koehler Lieblich Harp. Tenor c - c 49.
Gen Trem (So) Affects the entire instrument.
Pipe Summary
V D Orch
Flute Vox Hum
Aeoline
73 pipes 97 pipes 61 pipes 49 pipes
Pedal Movements
Expression (balanced)
Action: E-P unit
Voices: 4
Stops: 23; inc. chimes & harp
Ranks: 4
Pipes: 280
Notes
This organ was originally installed for Kilgen by Balcom and Provorse of Seattle, WA. Writing on the rear wall of the chamber reads as follows:
Kilgen * Unit
Chapel * Organ
Installed * May, 1930.
Balcom * Provorse
Organ * Engineers
Frank * Rasor * asst.
Warren * Webb.
The organ has an interesting array of colored stoptablets. Flute stops and the Aeoline have white stoptablets. The Vox Hum has red stoptablets. The V D Orch / Salic has blue stoptablets.
The blower and tremolo are located in the basement.
