2004-10-30 - "Old Op. No. 58, New Op. No. 78. Compass 56/17. Gothic case, grained oak. This appears in the first Pilcher ledger on a list of churches and organs destroyed in the 1871 Chicago fire." -Database Manager
2016-01-24 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2016-01-24 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. <br>In Bynum Petty's book, this organ is identified with opus number 81. -Database Manager
From The Stopt Diapason April 1986 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Chicago, IL 1864 Pilcher Bros. Opus 58 Manual: 8' Open Diapason 8' St. Diapason Bass (CC-TE) 8' Melodia (TF) 8' Dulciana (TF) 4' Principal 4' Flute (TF) 2 2/3' Twelfth 2' Fifteenth 8' Hautboy (TF) Pedal: 16' Bourdon Manual to Pedal Coupler Alarm [Received from Connor Annable 2011-12-04.]
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