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Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1533.5 (1931)

Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
1660 N. Decatur Road
Atlanta, GA

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


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Notes

2005-04-06 - Identified through information from Volume VIII p. 53 of the Pilcher factory ledger. For more information see the DOCUMENTS tab. -Database Manager

2005-04-06 - Original price: $7,900 -Database Manager

2006-11-02 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed in the Metropolitan Theater, Atlanta, in 1927; renovation and tonal changes when moved to Glenn Memorial, but retaining the original console; extensively rebuilt and enlarged to 41 ranks by Moller in 1962 as Op. M-13102 with a new console; relocated by George Miller in 1983 to Briarcliff Baptist Church, Atlanta, minus the Antiphonal. -Database Manager

2009-06-23 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuilt and enlarged to 3/41 in 1962 by Moller as Op. M-13102; replaced in 1982 by 3/71 Casavant Op. 3529 -Database Manager

2012-01-22 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2016-01-30 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. <br>In Bynum Petty's book, this organ is identified with opus number 1533.5. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from the factory specifications via the OHS Archives Date not recorded

       Atlanta, Georgia
       Glenn Memorial Methodist Church
       ___________________________________________________

       Pilcher   Op. 1074     1921   3/25
       Pilcher   Op. 1535     1926   3/25
       Pilcher   Op. 1535.5   1931   3/34

       GREAT                            ORCHESTRAL

   16' Open Diapason       73 *      8' Violin Cello    73
    8' 1st Open Diapason   73 *      8' Concert Flute   73
    8' 2nd Open Diapason   73        8' Flute Celeste   61
    8' Gross Flute         73        4' Flute d'Amour   73
    8' Gross Gamba         73        4' Concert Flute   --
    8' Gross Gamba Celeste 61        2' Flute d'Amour   --
    8' Dulciana            73 *      8' Clarinet        73
    4' Octave              73 *      8' Orchestral Oboe 73
    4' Gross Flute         --           Tremolo
    4' Gamba               --           Sub
2 2/3' Twelfth             61 *         Unison Off
    2' Fifteenth           61 *         Super
   16' Ophicleide          12
    8' Tuba                73           ECHO
       Tremolo
       Sub                           8' Echo Flute      73
       Unison Off                    8' Violaeth        73
       Super                         8' Vox Angelica    61
                                     4' Fern Flute      --
       SWELL                         8' French Horn     73
                                     8' Vox Humana      73
   16' Bourdon             73           Tremolo
    8' Violin Diapason     73
    8' Stopped Diapason    --           PEDAL
    8' Viol d'Orchestre    73
    8' Viol Celeste        61       32' Resultant       --
    8' Aeoline             73 *     16' Open Diapason   12 GT
    8' Aeoline Celeste     61 *     16' Bourdon         32 *
    4' Flute Harmonic      73       16' Violone         12 OR
    4' Violetta            -        16' Soft Bourdon    SW
    2' Piccolo             --        8' Violoncello     OR
   16' Contra Fagotto      73 *      8' Flute           GT
    8' Cornopean           73       16' Ophicleide      GT
    8' Oboe                73
    8' Vox Humana          73 *      *  new stops
       Tremolo
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super

         [Received from Jeff Scofield February 5, 2019]

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