Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons (1892)

First Presbyterian Church [1878]
203 W. Main
McMinnville, TN

Images

Unknown - Church exterior ca. 1960. (Vintage postcard, courtesy of William Dunklin/Database Manager)

Date unknown - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Church website: History page/Jim Stettner)

2022-11-26 - Manual and builder's nameplate (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
9 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996. -Database Manager

2005-04-13 - Reconditioned by William Barger, Chattanooga, TN in 1982. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed Specification Source: from Historic Pipe Organs of East Tennessee Date not recorded

McMinnville, Tennessee
First Presbyterian Church

Henry Pilcher's Sons   1892                              2 manuals, 7 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                         SWELL ORGAN
      8' Open Diapason          61        8' Violin Diapason (TC)   49
      8' Melodia (TC)           49        8' Stopped Diapason (TC)  49
      8' Dulciana (TC)          49        8' Stopped Diapason Bass  12
      8' Unison Bass            12        4' Flute Harmonic         61
                                             Tremolo
         PEDAL ORGAN
     16' Bourdon                27

         COUPLERS (thumb buttons)            COMBINATION PEDALS
         Great to Pedal                      Great Forte
         Swell to Pedal                      Great Piano
         Swell to Great


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2018-08-07]