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Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1230 (1924)

First Presbyterian Church
Fort Scott, KS

Images

2017-11-16 - Church exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2011-04-11 - Church interior and pipe façade (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Pipe façade (Photograph by From the 1994 rededication program, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
34 stops

Notes

2005-04-06 - Identified through information in Volume VI p. 163 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

2005-04-06 - Original price: $14985. Photo Archives 4155. -Database Manager

2015-02-13 - Updated by T. Daniel Hancock, using information found in 1994 Dedication Program. -- Rebuilt by Quimby Pipe Organs in 1994. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON September 1924

   Fort Scott, Kansas
   First Presbyterian Church

   Pilcher   Op. 1230   1924   3/29
   _______________________________________________

   GREAT (*)                   SWELL
8' 1st Open Diapason 73    16' Bourdon          73
8' 2nd Open Diapason 73     8' Open Diapason    73
8' Grossflöte        73     8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Gross Gamba       73     8' Salicional       73
8' Melodia           73     8' Voix Celeste     61
8' Dulciana          73     8' Aeoline          73
4' Octave            73     4' Flute Harmonic   73
8' Tuba              73     2' Flautina         61
   Chimes            CH   III  Dolce Cornet  + 122
                            8' Cornopean        73
   CHOIR                    8' Orchestral Oboe  73
8' English Diapason  73     8' Vox Humana       61
8' Concert Flute     73        Chimes           CH
8' Flute Celeste     61
8' Viol d'Orchestre  73        PEDAL
8' Dolce             73    16' Diapason         32
4' Flute d'Amour     73    16' Bourdon          32
8' French Horn       73    16' Contra Viol   GT 12
   Chimes            25    16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
                            8' Dolce Flute      12
                           16' Tuba          GT 12

*  enclosed except for Diapasons
+  also plays 2' Flautina

  [Received from Jeff Scofield December 10, 2022]

Documents

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

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#54256 - Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc. (1994)