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St. Charles Preparatory School
Columbus, OH
2/9 Kilgen
Opus 3721 - 1926
Photos of the Pipes
As
is common with smaller pipe organ installations, all of the pipes in
the Kilgen are in a single room under expression (all
pipes in a chamber behind shutters which open and close).
Think of this Kilgen organ as being the Swell Division of a larger
organ. It is believed that the original home for this organ
was the Holy
Angels Chapel on the 3rd floor of St. Charles. The chapel had a pipe
chamber on either side in the back. Undoubtedly both chambers were
under expression.
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If
an organ
has a single point of entry into the pipe chamber, I always like taking
a photo of the view through the door. For me, it is like viewing
another world
of which I am about to enter. Here is just that view of the St. Charles Kilgen organ. The metal pipes to the right are of the 8' Salicional rank, and the wood pipes are part of the 16' Bourdon rank. The metal pipes in the back are the 8' Diapason rank. |
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This close up of the tops of the 8' Salicional rank pipes reveals that these pipes are old! The brown colored metal with the black tape on it is the tuning sleeve of the pipe. These pipes have been mitered so that they fit under the large wind supply pipe seen in the background. Since these pipes "speak" from their openings at the base of the pipe, having the end of the pipe crammed against the other pipes will not affect the volume of the pipes. |
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This view shows the relationship between the Bourdon and Salicional ranks, as well as the wind supply pipe and the opening to get in the pipe chamber. Not much room to walk around once you get off the ladder! |
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The Bourdon rank is the smallest rank in terms of number of pipes (24), but is the largest in terms of physical size. Again we see that the longest pipes have been mitered due to height limitations. |
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Here's a frontal view of the four mitered Bourdon pipes. From this view it appears the pipes were mitered to fit in this chamber, however it is possible that they were mitered to fit in one of the chambers in the Holy Angels Chapel on the 3rd floor of St. Charles. The stopper in the top of the pipe is used to tune the pipe. |
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A common problem for organ builders is the issue of limited space. Cramming pipes in a room can be a challenge. An example of this on this organ is the Bourdon rank. All 24 pipes of this rank do not fit end to end in a row in the chamber. As a result the foreground we see four pipes parallel with the wall, and two more in the pipe rack to the right sharing space with other ranks. The final two pipes of this rank are on the far right side. |
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