Kilgore, Texas

First Presbyterian Church


First Presbyterian Church (Kilgore, TX)
 
Aeolian-Skinner Organ, Op. 1173 (1948) in the First Presbyterian Church (Kilgore, TX)
 
First Presbyterian Church (Kilgore, TX)
 
Aeolian-Skinner Organ, Op. 1173 (1948) in the First Presbyterian Church (Kilgore, TX)
 
Aeolian-Skinner Organ, Op. 1173 (1948) in the First Presbyterian Church (Kilgore, TX)
 
Builder:        Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
   Year:        1948
   Opus:        1173
No. manuals:    3
No. stops:      58
No. ranks:      57
No. pipes:      3,716
 
 
 
                GREAT ORGAN                           SWELL ORGAN
             8' Principal             61           8' Diapason              73
             8' Flute Harmonique      61 *         8' Rohrgedeckt           73
             4' Octave                61           8' Viola                 73
             4' Flute Couverte        61 *         8' Viola Celeste         73
         2 2/3' Twelfth               61           8' Dulcet II            124
             2' Fifteenth             61           4' Principal             73
            IV  Fourniture           244           4' Flute Triangulaire    73
           III  Cymbal               183       2 2/3' Quinte                61
             8' French Horn           61 *         2' Octavin               61
             8' English Horn          61 *     1 3/5' Tierce                61
             8' Trombone               5 PED       V  Plein Jeu            305
             8' Trompette en Chamade  61          16' Bombarde              73
             4' Trompette en Chamade  12           8' Trompette             73
                Chimes                             8' Hautbois              73
             *  enclosed                           8' Vox Humana            73
                                                   4' Clarion               73
                CHOIR ORGAN                           Tremulant
             8' Concert Flute         73
             8' Gamba                 73              PEDAL ORGAN
             8' Gamba Celeste II     134          32' Bourdon               32
             8' Rohrflöte             73          16' Principal             32
             8' Spitzflöte            73          16' Flute Ouverte         32
             8' Spitzfl. Celeste (TC) 61          16' Bourdon               12
             4' Koppelflöte           73          16' Gamba                 12 CH
         2 2/3' Nasat                 61          16' Rohrgedeckt           12 SW
             2' Blockflöte            61           8' Octave                32
         1 3/5' Terz                  61           8' Flute Ouverte         12
             8' Cromorne              73           8' Bourdon               12
                Tremulant                          8' Rohrgedeckt           SW
                Celesta               49 bars      4' Super Octave          32
             8' Trompette en Chamade  GT         III  Mixture               96
             8' Trombone             PED          16' Trombone              32
                                                  16' Bombarde              SW
                                                   8' Trombone              12
                                                   4' Trombone              12
                


Source: Allen Kinzey

Note: The Trompette en Chamade on this organ was the first installed in the United States by any builder.

Photos 2-3 Source: Lorenz Maycher

Photos 4-5 Source: via Neal Campbell

Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=34781