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Henry Pilcher's Sons (1961)

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 2 manuals
• 16 stops
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
• Manual compass: 58 notes
• Pedal compass: 27 notes
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
• Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - Built by Henry Pilcher's Sons in 1891, for First Baptist, Griffin, GA original opus number unknown. Moved to the All Saints Chapel at the University in 1928 by Pilcher as Op. 1456.5 for $1800. Moved to Guerry Hall in 1959 when a Casavant was installed in All Saints Chapel. 5 ranks were used in a 1993 Milnar organ for St. Luke's Chapel at University of the South. The chassis was moved to Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist, Knoxville, TN c 1997. -Database Manager

2006-11-15 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2017-05-05 - Updated by William Dunklin, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #7833†* - Henry Pilcher's Sons (1891)
• #8562 - Bradley Rule / B. Rule & Co. Opus 8 (1997)

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