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Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 850 (1914)

Consoles

Keydesk

• Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 2 manuals
• 11 stops
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Notes

2005-04-06 - Identified through information in Volume V p. 49 of the Pilcher factory ledger and the list of Pilcher organs typed by William E. Pilcher of Louisville. For more information see the document referenced below. -Database Manager

2007-02-27 - Updated through on-line information from Zach Young. -- Originally tubular-pneumatic; now solid-state. 8' Trumpet added by Miller. -- [ed.: see related entry] -Database Manager

2022-02-14 - Organ cost $3000 in 1914. -- information from video, "History in Your Backyard" website -Paul R. Marchesano

Documents

• (2000-01-01) . On-line update from Zach Young. -Database Manager
• (2005-04-05) Pilcher Organs Summary of Pilcher Sources by Soosie Schmitt -Database Manager

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #25287 - Miller Pipe Organ Co. / Miller Organ Service, LLC (2006)

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