Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1935 (1940)

Central Methodist Church
616 Jackson St SE
Decatur, AL

Images

2021-09-27 - Chancel, console and organ and north chamber (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-09-27 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-09-27 - Church interior to rear, Echo organ in ceiling chamber at top of photo (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-09-27 - Church interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
29 stops
39 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-04-06 - Identified through information in Volume VIII p. 185 of the Pilcher factory ledger and a list of Pilcher organs typed by William E. Pilcher of Louisville. See the document referenced below. -Database Manager

2005-04-06 - Original price: $12885 {HCE} -Database Manager

2021-09-28 - Renovated in 1997 by Milnar Organ Co.; Central is an active congregation of over 700 and the organ is used every Sunday. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From the factory ledger book, courtesy of the OHS Archives

       Decatur, Alabama
       Central Methodist Church

       Pilcher   Op. 1935   1940   3/31
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT (encl w/Choir)          CHOIR
    8' Open Diapason     73       8' String Diapason   73
    8' Concert Flute     73       8' Rohr Flute        73
    8' Gemshorn          73       8' Dulciana          73
    4' Octave            73       8' Unda Maris        61
2 2/3' Twelfth           61       4' Chimney Flute     61
    2' Fifteenth         61   2 2/3' Nazard             7
    8' Trumpet           73       2' Piccolo            5
       Unison Off                 8' English Horn      73
       Super                         Tremolo
       Chimes            EC          Sub
    8' Harp              CH          Unison Off
    4' Celesta           CH          Super
       Blank                         Chimes            EC
                                  8' Celestial Harp    49
       SWELL                      4' Celesta          
   16' Bourdon           12
    8' English Diapason  73          ECHO
    8' Gedeckt           73       8' Cor de Nuit       61
    8' Salicional        73       8' Vox Angelica      61
    8' Vox Celeste       61       8' Vox Seraphique    49
    8' Aeoline           73       4' Willow Flute      12
    4' Flute Harmonic    73       8' Vox Humana        61
    2' Flautino          --          Tremolo 
  III  Solo Cornet      183          Chimes            21
    8' Trompette         73
    8' Horn Oboe         73          PEDAL
    8' Vox Humana      prep      16' Open Diapason     32
       Tremolo                   16' Bourdon           32
       Sub                       16' Lieblich Gedeckt  SW
       Unison Off                16' Contra Salicional 12 SW
       Super                      8' Octave            32
       Chimes            EC       8' Flute Forte       12
                                  8' Flute Dolce       CH
                                  8' Cello (Salic)     SW
                                     Chimes            EC

        [Received from Jeff Scofield September 29, 2021]

Documents

(1940-12-01) Write-up from THE DIAPASON December 1940 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield
Specifications from the factory ledger book Specifications from the factory ledger book -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#39018 - Milnar Organ Co. (1997)