2005-04-06 - Identified through information in the Pilcher factory ledgers. For more information see the document referenced below. -Database Manager
2005-04-06 - 54n man, 17n ped. Sold to Baptist Church, Morris, IL, 1868. Also Op. 109, 1273, 1837, 1889. -Database Manager
2005-04-06 - In the first lists, this organ was originally assigned number 1. -Database Manager
Original document from John Speller. Source: Entry from a photocopy of the original Pilcher order book given to me by the late Elizabeth Towne Schmitt. 2017-08-29
Evansville, IN St. Paul's Episcopal Church Organ by H. & W. Pilcher Organ Co., St. Louis, Missouri, Op. 1 (or Op. 21), Sept. 1852 "No. 1. An organ of one manual, Compass from CC to F, 54. One and a half octaves of pedals, CC to E, 17 notes. Stops as follows: 1. Open Diapason F 2. Dulciana F 3. St. Diap. Bass CC ) 4. St. Diap. F ) 5. Principal CC 6. Fifteenth 7. Flute F 8. Pedal Bass 12 pipes Op. Diap. [? 8 ft.] 17 pedals; duplicating on 4 notes 9. Coupler 10. Alarm. Case plain gothic, walnut, oil finish. Dimensions 7 ft. wide, 4 ft. 6 in. deep. Price [illegible] Weight packed 2090 lbs." Annotation to original entry: "Taken in exchange and sold to Bap. Ch. Morris Ill. June 1868."
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