Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1947 (1941)

Immanuel Baptist Church
Louisville, KY

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
3 stops
20 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume IX p. 3 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: $2593 -Database Manager

2016-11-01 - Specification from "Henry Pilcher's Sons and Its "Cloister" Organ" by Stephen Schnurr. <i>The American Organist</i>, November 2016. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Specification from Organ Historical Society Archives, courtesy Bynum Petty (pub. in <i>The American Organist</i>, November 2016) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Louisville, Kentucky
Immanuel Baptist Church

Henry Pilcher's Sons   Opus 1947   1941   "Cloister Organ"
2 manuals, 20 registers, 3 stops, 3 ranks
__________________________________________________________

         GREAT ORGAN
      8' Open Diapason           73
      8' Gedeckt                 97
      8' Minor Viol              85
      4' Octave                  --    from Open Diapason
      4' Flute d'Amour           --    from Gedeckt
      4' Minor Violina           --    from Minor Viol
  2 2/3' Minor Viol 12th         --    from Minor Viol
      2' Minor Viol 15th         --    from Minor Viol
         Cathedral Chimes  21 tubes    Deagan Class "D"
         One blank tablet

         SWELL ORGAN
      8' Diapason                --    from Open Diapason
      8' Stopped Flute           --    from Gedeckt
      8' Minor Viol              --    from Minor Viol
      4' Orchestral Flute        --    from Gedeckt
      4' Minor Violina           --    from Minor Viol
  2 2/3' Nazard Flute            --    from Gedeckt
      2' Piccolo                 --    from Gedeckt
      8' Oboe                    --    Synthetic
         Tremolo
         One blank tablet

         PEDAL ORGAN
     16' Bourdon                 --    from Gedeckt
      8' Flute                   --    from Gedeckt
      4' Diapason Super Octave   --    from Open Diapason
      4' Dolce Flute             --    from Gedeckt
         One blank tablet

         COMBINATIONS
         Great  1-2-3
         Swell  1-2-3
         Pedal  1-2

         PEDAL MOVEMENTS
         Balanced Expression Pedal
         Balanced Crescendo Pedal

         ACCESSORIES
         Wind indicator light
         Crescendo indicator light


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-11-01]

Documents

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