Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 651 (1909)

First Presbyterian Church
Orlando, FL

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Postcard, circa 1910, Florida State Archives/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church Exterior after Spanish Revival Restyling (Postcard, circa 1926, Florida State Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
2 manuals
10 stops
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes

Notes

2005-04-06 - Identified through information in Volume IV p. 27 of the Pilcher factory ledgers and the typed list of Pilcher organs by William E. Pilcher. For more information see the document referenced below. -Database Manager

2005-04-06 - Original price: $1,600 -Database Manager

2012-01-28 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- This organ was in the second sanctuary (built in 1889, remodeled in 1920's, demolished in 1955). The current sanctuary was constructed in 1955; it received an all new organ by Möller. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist based on registration notes on sheet music Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Orlando, Florida
First Presbyterian Church

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 651, 1909


GREAT
  8     Diapason
  8     Melodia
  8     Dulciana
  4     Octave

SWELL
  8     Stopped Diapason
  8     Salicional
  8     Voix Celeste
  4     Harmonic Flute
  8     [Oboe] Gamba *      
          Tremolo

PEDAL
 16     Bourdon

  * Note says Gamba, but the usual Pilcher stop of the period was the Oboe Gamba, a labial reed-subtitute.


 [Received from Stephen Hall 2012-03-28.]

Documents

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