Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1178 (1923)

First Church of Christ Scientist
Santa Ana, CA

Images

1923 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: calisphere.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
20 stops
22 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2005-04-06 - Identified through information in Volume VI p. 118 of the Pilcher factory ledger and list of Pilcher organs typed by William E. Pilcher of Louisville. For more information see the document referenced below. -Database Manager

2005-04-06 - Original price: $12,400 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON January 1924

   Santa Ana, California
   First Church of Christ, Scientist

   Pilcher    Op. 1178   1923   3/20
   ____________________________________________

   GREAT                    SWELL
8' Open Diapason   61    8' English Diapason 73
8' Grossflöte      61    8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Gamba           61    8' Salicional       73
8' Dulciana        61    8' Vox Celeste      61
4' Waldflöte       61    8' Aeoline          73
8' Tuba            61    4' Flute Harmonic   73
                         8' Oboe             73
   CHOIR                    Cathedral Chimes 20
8' Violin Diapason 73
8' Claribel Flute  73       PEDAL
8' Dolce           73   16' Sub Bass         32
4' Flute d'Amour   73   16' Bourdon          32
8' Clarinet        73   16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 SW
                         8' Pedal Flute      12

 [Received from Jeff Scofield November 28, 2022]

Documents

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