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Saint Louis MO, USA (Missouri) - Cathedral of Saint Louis (The New Cathedral)
Municipal: Saint Louis MO
Region:St. Louis County
Address: 4431 Lindell Boulevard, 63108, Saint Louis, MO
Website: https://cathedralstl.org/
Description nr.: 2065617.
Built by: Kilgen Organ Company (1949)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Spitz Principal 16', First Diapason 8', Second Diapason 8', Third Diapason 8', Spitz Principal 8' - extension, Doppel Flute 8', Clarabella 8', Gamba 8', Octave 4', Principal 4', Hohlflute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Full Mixture 5 ranks, Contra Tromba 16' - extension, Tromba 8', Tromba Clarion 4' - extension, Tremulant, Chimes, Tuba Mirabilis 8' - digital (from Dome Organ), Trompette 8' - from Solo Organ, Tuba 8' - from choir Organ.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Dulciana 16', Diapason 8', Geigen Diapason 8', Gedeckt 8', Concert Flute 8', Flute Celeste 8' (from c°), Gemshorn 8', Gemshorn Celeste 8' (from c°), Dulciana 8', Unda Maris 8' (from c°), Principal 4', Fugara 4', Suabe Flute 4', Rohr Nazard 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Piccolo 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Larigot 1 1/3', Septieme 1 1/7', Fourniture 3-4 ranks, Cymbale 3 ranks, Cor Anglais 8', Clarinet 8', Tremulant, Harp, Tuba 8', Tuba Clarion 4'.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Lieblich Gedeckt 16', Diapason 8', Geigen 8', Rohrflute 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8', Flute Dolce 8', Flute Celeste 8' (from c°), Octave Geigen 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Wald Flute 2', Scharf 4 ranks, Posaune 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant, Cymbelstern, Tuba 8' - from Choir Organ, Tuba Mirabilis 8' - digital (from Dome Organ), State Trumpet 8' - digital (from Gallery Organ), Trompette 8' - from Solo Organ.
Solo Organ (C-c''''): Diapason 8', Cello 8', Cello Celeste 8' (from c°), Gedeckt Pommer 8', Flute Ouverte 4', Corno di Bassetto 16' - digital, State Trumpet 8' - digital (from Gallery organ), Tuba Mirabilis 8' - digital (from Solo Organ), Tuba 8' - from Choir Organ, Trompette 8', English Horn 8' - digital, Orchestral Oboe 8' - digital, French Horn 8', Clarion Harmonique 4', Tremulant, Chimes, Harp.
Chancel & Dome Organ (C-c''''):
Chancel Organ: Nason Flute 8' - digital, Erzähler 8' - digital, Erzähler Celeste 8' - digital, Koppelflute 4' - digital.
Dome Organ: Principal 8', Octave 4', Mounted Cornet 5 ranks (from c°), Full Mixture 4 ranks, Scharf 4 ranks.
Gallery Organ (C-c''''):
Gallery Manual: Principal 8', Gedeckt 8', Vox Angelica 8' (2 ranks), Octave 4', Prestant 4', Flute Traverso 4', Plein Jeu 5 ranks, Cymbale 4 ranks, Waldhorn 16', Chorus Trumpet 8' - digital, Horn 8', Clarion 4', Chimes - digital.
Gallery Pedal: Contrebasse 16', Gedeckt 16', Octavebasse 8', Gedeckt 8', Fagotto 32' - digital, Waldhorn 16'.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Contrabass 32' - digital, Subbass 32' - digital, Open Wood 16' - digital, Open Metal 16', Spitz Principal 16' - from Great Organ, Geigen 16', Violone 16', Dulciana 16' - from Choir Organ, Bourdon 16', Lieblich Gedeckt 16' - from Swell Organ, Quint 10 2/3', Octave Wood 8', Principal 8', Spitz Principal 8' - from Great Organ, Geigen 8', Bourdon 8', Gedeckt 8', Quint 5 1/3', Choral Bass 4', Blockflote 4', Clarabella 4', Doublette 2', Mixture 5 ranks, Bombarde 32' - digital, Contra Posaune 32' - digital, Trombone 16', Posaune 16' - from Swell Organ, Tromba 8', Posaune 8' - from Swell Organ, Clarion 4', Chimes - from Great Organ.
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Saint Louis MO, USA (Missouri) - Cathedral of Saint Louis (The New Cathedral)
Municipal: Saint Louis MO
Region:St. Louis County
Address: 4431 Lindell Boulevard, 63108, Saint Louis, MO
Website: https://cathedralstl.org/
Description nr.: 2065617.
Built by: Kilgen Organ Company (1949)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1915 | Kilgen Organ Company | new organ | 1949 | Kilgen Organ Company | new organ | 1984 | M.P. Möller Company | rebuild | 1996 | Wicks Organ Company | restoration and enlargement | 2002 | Wicks Organ Company | enlargement | 2006 | Wicks Organ Company | enlargement |
- The 'new cathedral' of Saint Louis was built from 1908, and the first celebration was held on October 12, 1914. A pipe organ was installed by the company Kilgen in 1915. This instrument was dedicated on August 25, 1915. The official consecration of the church was on June 29, 1926. From the 1915 Kilgen organ the console is exposed in the Cathedral Museum. A lot of the pipework is still present in the current instrument.
- The organ has been replaced in the years 1946-1949 by a new instrument, also constructed by the Kilgen Company. The new organ consisted of two instruments, that were connected: the main organ ('Liturgical Organ') and a smaller Processional Organ in the South Gallery. The instrument was dedicated on October 13, 1949. Cathedral organist Mario Salvador played the dedicational concert. The main console was located on the church floor.
- In 1983-1984, a major rebuilt was carried out by M.P. Möller Company. On July 26, 1984, the organ was re-dedicated with a concert by Mario Salvador.
- The Wicks Organ Company restored the organ in 1996. They installed a second console (called 'Edward and Eileen Roehr Memorial Console') in the chancel. Some new ranks were installed and five digital stops. Charles Callahan, consultant during the restoration works, played the inaugurational concert on January 5, 1997.
- In 2002, the organ was enlarged with a Dome Division with fifteen ranks. In 2006 the gallery organ was enlarged with ten new ranks. The pipework for this enlargement was taken from the Aeolian-Skinner Organ of 1951 of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston. Only the Cornet of the Dome Organ was newly manufactured by Wicks. A new inaugurational concert followed on January 7, 2007, by Charles Callahan.
- The two-manual console to the south gallery organ was replaced in 2011 by a five-manual console, coming from the Aeolian-Skinner organ of Saint Bartholomew Episcopal Church in New York City.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 20 (14) |
| - Choir Organ | 25 |
| - Swell Organ | 22 (18) |
| - Solo Organ | 14 (8) |
| - Chancel Organ | 4 (0) |
| - Dome Organ | 5 |
| - Pedal Organ | 30 (19) |
| - Gallery Organ - Manual | 12 (11) |
| - Gallery Organ - Pedal | 6 (5) |
| Total number of stops | 138 (105) |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Spitz Principal 16', First Diapason 8', Second Diapason 8', Third Diapason 8', Spitz Principal 8' - extension, Doppel Flute 8', Clarabella 8', Gamba 8', Octave 4', Principal 4', Hohlflute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Full Mixture 5 ranks, Contra Tromba 16' - extension, Tromba 8', Tromba Clarion 4' - extension, Tremulant, Chimes, Tuba Mirabilis 8' - digital (from Dome Organ), Trompette 8' - from Solo Organ, Tuba 8' - from choir Organ.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Dulciana 16', Diapason 8', Geigen Diapason 8', Gedeckt 8', Concert Flute 8', Flute Celeste 8' (from c°), Gemshorn 8', Gemshorn Celeste 8' (from c°), Dulciana 8', Unda Maris 8' (from c°), Principal 4', Fugara 4', Suabe Flute 4', Rohr Nazard 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Piccolo 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Larigot 1 1/3', Septieme 1 1/7', Fourniture 3-4 ranks, Cymbale 3 ranks, Cor Anglais 8', Clarinet 8', Tremulant, Harp, Tuba 8', Tuba Clarion 4'.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Lieblich Gedeckt 16', Diapason 8', Geigen 8', Rohrflute 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8', Flute Dolce 8', Flute Celeste 8' (from c°), Octave Geigen 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Wald Flute 2', Scharf 4 ranks, Posaune 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant, Cymbelstern, Tuba 8' - from Choir Organ, Tuba Mirabilis 8' - digital (from Dome Organ), State Trumpet 8' - digital (from Gallery Organ), Trompette 8' - from Solo Organ.
Solo Organ (C-c''''): Diapason 8', Cello 8', Cello Celeste 8' (from c°), Gedeckt Pommer 8', Flute Ouverte 4', Corno di Bassetto 16' - digital, State Trumpet 8' - digital (from Gallery organ), Tuba Mirabilis 8' - digital (from Solo Organ), Tuba 8' - from Choir Organ, Trompette 8', English Horn 8' - digital, Orchestral Oboe 8' - digital, French Horn 8', Clarion Harmonique 4', Tremulant, Chimes, Harp.
Chancel & Dome Organ (C-c''''):
Chancel Organ: Nason Flute 8' - digital, Erzähler 8' - digital, Erzähler Celeste 8' - digital, Koppelflute 4' - digital.
Dome Organ: Principal 8', Octave 4', Mounted Cornet 5 ranks (from c°), Full Mixture 4 ranks, Scharf 4 ranks.
Gallery Organ (C-c''''):
Gallery Manual: Principal 8', Gedeckt 8', Vox Angelica 8' (2 ranks), Octave 4', Prestant 4', Flute Traverso 4', Plein Jeu 5 ranks, Cymbale 4 ranks, Waldhorn 16', Chorus Trumpet 8' - digital, Horn 8', Clarion 4', Chimes - digital.
Gallery Pedal: Contrebasse 16', Gedeckt 16', Octavebasse 8', Gedeckt 8', Fagotto 32' - digital, Waldhorn 16'.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Contrabass 32' - digital, Subbass 32' - digital, Open Wood 16' - digital, Open Metal 16', Spitz Principal 16' - from Great Organ, Geigen 16', Violone 16', Dulciana 16' - from Choir Organ, Bourdon 16', Lieblich Gedeckt 16' - from Swell Organ, Quint 10 2/3', Octave Wood 8', Principal 8', Spitz Principal 8' - from Great Organ, Geigen 8', Bourdon 8', Gedeckt 8', Quint 5 1/3', Choral Bass 4', Blockflote 4', Clarabella 4', Doublette 2', Mixture 5 ranks, Bombarde 32' - digital, Contra Posaune 32' - digital, Trombone 16', Posaune 16' - from Swell Organ, Tromba 8', Posaune 8' - from Swell Organ, Clarion 4', Chimes - from Great Organ.
| Literature |
Organ Historical Society 24th National Convention : A Report / Arthur Lawrence. - In: The Diapason, 70th Year, No. 9, August 1979. |
| Recordings |
Eugène Reuchsel : Promenades en Provence et Selections from Bouquet de France / Simon Nieminski. - Pro Organo 7112 (CD). - 2000. |
| Links |
https://cathedralstl.org/great-cathedral-organ https://www.stlouisorgans.com/display/15 |