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Pilcher Bros., Chicago Opus 96 (1867)

Images

ca. 1890's - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: evansvilleliving.com/holy-history/, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

early 1900's - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
• Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
• 2 manuals
• 27 stops
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
• Manual compass: 56 notes
• Pedal compass: 25 notes
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight

Notes

2005-04-06 - Identified through information in the Pilcher factory ledgers, a handwritten list of organs and notes on the firm's history, and an emended page from a catalog of c. 1870. For more information see the document referenced below. -Database Manager

2005-04-06 - 56n man, 25n ped. The handwritten list of organs lists 26 stops. -Database Manager

2005-04-06 - In the first lists, this organ was originally assigned number 76. -Database Manager

2016-06-23 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. <br>In Bynum Petty's book, this organ is identified with opus number 99. -Database Manager

Documents

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

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