Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1448 (1928)

H.M. Patterson & Son Mortuary Chapel
Atlanta, GA

Images

2018-07-25 - Chapel exterior (Photograph by Funeral Home website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-07-25 - Chapel interior (Photograph by Funeral Home website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
10 stops
11 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2005-04-06 - Identified through information from Volume VII p. 126 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

2013-10-09 - Updated through online information from John Tanner. -- Organ has been in continual use since installed in 1928. Organ was releathered in the early 1990's and a new console was put on around 2000 Tonally the organ is unchanged. -Database Manager

2020-12-07 - The building of the former H.M. Patterson & Son Mortuary has been acquired by Portman Holdings. According to reports available online, Portman intends to convert the building to a "Music and event space." One article indicated that Portman intends to preserve the Chapel, the location of this pipe organ. The article was published in January, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. The organ has not been in use since that time. -Jeffrey McIntyre, CAGO

Stoplist

Source: Catalogue of Pipe Organs In Georgia, Calvert Johnson, ed.

    Atlanta, Georgia
    H. M. Patterson & Son, Spring Hill

    Pilcher   Op. 1448   1928   2/10
    ____________________________________________

    GREAT                    SWELL
 8' Open Diapason    61   8' Stopped Diapason 73
 8' Concert Flute    61   8' Viole            73
 8' Dulciana         61   8' Vox Celeste      73
 4' Flute d'Amour    61   8' Aeoline          73
    Chimes                4' Flute            73
                             Tremolo
    PEDAL                    Sub
16' Bourdon          32      Super
16' Lieblich Gedeckt **      Harp Celeste   prep
                             Blank
**  Bourdon on soft wind     Blank

   [Received from Jeff Scofield April 29, 2022]

Documents

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