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Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 388 (1900)

Auburn United Methodist Church: Founders' Chapel
137 S Gay Street
Auburn, AL

Images

1955 - Wedding party in front of the organ in 1955 (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2004-10-18 - Exterior of 1900 building (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)

2004-10-18 - Organ (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
12 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: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2005-04-06 - Identified through a list of Pilcher organs typed by William E. Pilcher of Louisville. See the document referenced below. -Database Manager

2005-11-10 - Updated through on-line information from Nathan Smock. -- Three couplers operated by On/Off thumb pistons, Sw/Pd, Gt/Pd, Sw/Gt. -Database Manager

2009-05-19 - Updated through on-line information from James A. Taylor, Jr.. -- 05/18/2009 I stopped by the church today, and was able to obtain the opus number (388) from the Tenor "F" of the Great Open Diapason. This organ not only has an electric blower, but also still has the hand-pump feeder bellows that functions quite well. Wonderful sound. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from James Taylor. On-line update from James A. Taylor, Jr.. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Auburn, Alabama
First United Methodist Church

STOPLIST
    Great - 
Open Diapason 8'       61 pipes            
Stopped Bass  8'       12 pipes            
Melodia  (TC) 8'       49 pipes            
Dulciana (TC) 8'       49 pipes    

    Swell -   
Stopped Diap. Bass     12 pipes            
Stopped Diapason Treble 49 pipes             
Aeolina 8'(sic) (TC)    49 pipes            
Flute Harmonique 4'     61 pipes            
Tremolo    

    Pedal -   
Bourdon 16'         30 pipes    

Couplers: Swell to Great (on/off pistons [mech.])
          Great to Pedal, 
          Swell to Pedal (both hitch-down types)

[Receivfed on line from James A. Taylor, Jr., May 18, 2009.]

Documents

(2005-04-05) Pilcher Organs Summary of Pilcher Sources by Soosie Schmitt -Database Manager

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#68080 - Bradford Organ Co. (1993)