Kilgen Organ Company Opus List

3,655 entries compiled from surviving company records, opus 410–7854, 1880–1980. Search by opus number, institution, city, or any word in the notes.

Opus numbers may refer to an entire organ, or just to a particular modification or addition to an existing organ.

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Showing 1–50 of 149 entries.

Opus	Date	Institution	City	State	Man.	Ranks	Notes
410 (only 3 digits on list)		Benedict, Charles W.	Riverside	CA			guarantee work on player
3242	1923	St. Joseph’s Church	Alameda	CA	2		Reed organ
3323	1924	St. Vincent de Paul R. C. Church	Los Angeles	CA	4	50
3442	1925	St. Monica’s R. C. Church	San Francisco	CA
3462	1925	St. Monica’s R. C. Church	Santa Monica	CA	3	15
3666	1926	St. Augustine’s Church	Oakland	CA	2
3699	1926	Carmel of St. Teresa R. C. – Chapel	Alhambra	CA	2	3
3828	1927	Broadcasting Station KIEV	San Francisco	CA	2	4
3890	1927	St. Brendan R. C.	Los Angeles	CA	2	9	2 consoles, sold to R. Mendenhall, 1998
4029	1928	La Paloma Theatre	Encinitas	CA	2	5
4036	1928	Unique Theatre	Santa Cruz	CA	2	3	also see job #4114
4114	1929	Endert Theatre	Crescent City	CA	2	3	crescendo
4230	1929	Whitehall Theatre	Woodside	CA	3	6	U-O-14X
4314	1930	Presbyterian Church (M. P. W. Hurndall)	Ukiah	CA
4365		Studio Organ	Los Angeles	CA
4365 D		Kilgen, George J.	Los Angeles	CA
4365 E		Kilgen, George J.	Los Angeles	CA
4425	1930	Benedict, Charles W. – residence	Riverside	CA
4444	1930	Hal Roach Studio	Los Angeles (Culver City)	CA	3	5	1935 – Moved to Station KFWB (Hollywood)
4507	1930	St. Mary’s Catholic Church	Los Angeles	CA	2	7
4544	1930	Church of the Brethren	LaVerne	CA	3	15
4551	1930	Our Lady of Perpetual Help	Downey	CA	2	5	1991 moved to St. James R. C. , Monterey Park
4590		Studio Organ	Los Angeles	CA			switch actions and materials
4602	1930	St. Joseph R. C. Church	Los Angeles	CA	3	30	console & relay
4626	1930	Scottish Rite Cathedral	Los Angeles	CA			rebuild
4629	1930	Mission Inn Hotel	Riverside	CA	3		1910 Kimball rebuild
4649	1930	Jacobus, N. B.	Berkley	CA
4653	1931	First Baptist Church	Whittier	CA	2	19
4655		Benedict, Charles W. – residence	Riverside	CA			front pipes
4724		Scottish Rite Cathedral	Los Angeles	CA			Harp & Chimes
4729	1931	Our Lady of Lourdes	Los Angeles	CA	2	4	T-U-2, junked in 1984
4732	1931	Marymount High School	Los Angeles	CA	2	10
4751	1931	Holy Family Catholic Church	San Jose	CA			TU-2
4758	1931	San Gabriel Mission	San Gabriel	CA			Wurlitzer rebuild
4760		Muller, Charles	Los Angeles	CA			Reed organ
4771		Mount St. Mary’s Academy	Los Angeles (Brentwood Hts.)	CA			organ not shipped
4791		St. Mary’s Academy	Los Angeles	CA			generator
4803	1932	All Saints Catholic Church	El Sereno	CA			Reed organ
4823	1931	Carmelite Convent	Alhambra	CA			Reed organ
4911		St. Mary’s Academy	Los Angeles	CA			front pipes
4916	1932	Mount St. Mary’s College	Los Angeles (Brentwood)	CA	2	4	Sold to R. Mendenhall, 1975
4931	1932	Station KNX	Los Angeles	CA	2	5	sold to Cunningham/O’Connor Mort.
4945		Holy Spirit Catholic Church	Los Angeles	CA			used organ
4945	1932	Holy Spirit R. C.	Los Angeles	CA	2	4	sold to R. Mendenhall, 1989
4999		Hope Reformed Church	Los Angeles	CA			rebuild
4999	1932	Hope Reformed Church	Los Angeles	CA
5104	1933	First Presbyterian Church	Santa Paula	CA	2	14
5131		St. Edward’s Catholic Church	Corona	CA			used reed organ
5142	1933	Seventh Day Adventist Church	Hollywood	CA			destroyed by fire, 1961
5168		Ferris	Los Angeles	CA			generator

Opus numbers with a letter suffix (5281 A, 5281 B…) are follow-up jobs on the same contract. A "?" or two numbers on one line means the original record was unclear. Linked numbers in the notes link to the entry they reference.

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