Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1760 (1933)

Adairville Baptist Church
327 W Gallatin St.
Adairville, KY

Images

2006-09-12 - Church exterior (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2006-09-12 - Church interior to rear (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2006-09-12 - Choirloft and organ (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
5 stops
13 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume VIII p. 96 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

2005-04-07 - Original price: $2150 -Database Manager

2007-11-02 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ is extant, rebuilt by Milnar Organ Company. -Database Manager

Stoplist

From Nashville AGO website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Adairville Baptist Church, Adairville, KY
Pilcher 2/5 (1931)

(All enclosed in one swell box)

Great:
8' Open Diapason
8' Melodia
8' Aeoline SW
4' Hohl Flute (ext)
Unison Off
Super

Swell:
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Salicional
8' Aeoline
4' Flute d'Amour (ext)
2 2/3' Flute Quint (ext)
2' Piccolo (ext)
Tremulant
Sub
Super

Pedal:
16' Bourdon (ext SW)
8' Gedeckt (SW)
8' Violin Cello (SW)

 [Received from Connor Annable 2011-11-11.]

Documents

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

Websites

Adairville Baptist Church - Photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)