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Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1838 (1937)

Second Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
Louisville, KY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

ca. 1910 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

4 manuals
33 stops
38 registers
5 divisions
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume VIII p. 137 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: $5670. Rebuild, new console and solo added to Op. 650. -Database Manager

2011-08-31 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Destroyed by fire with the sanctuary February 1956; the congregation sold the property and moved to the east side of town. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON October 1937

     Louisville, Kentucky
     Second Presbyterian Church

     Pilcher   Op. 1838   1937   4/35
     ______________________________________________

     GREAT                      CHOIR
 16' Open Diapason     61    8' Violin Diapason  73
  8' 1st Open Diapason 61    8' Clarabella       73
  8' 2nd Open Diapason 61    8' Dulciana         73
  8' Gamba             61    4' Flute d'Amour    73
  8' Grossflöte        61    2' Harmonic Piccolo 61
  4' Octave            61    8' Clarinet         73
  4' Flute Harmonic    61       Tremolo
  2' Fifteenth         61
III  Mixture          122       SOLO
  8' Trumpet           61    8' Stentorphone     73
     Chimes (in Choir)       8' Viol d'Orchestre 73
                             8' Philomela        73
     SWELL                   8' Tuba             73
 16' Bourdon           73
  8' Open Diapason     73       PEDAL
  8' Stopped Diapason  73   32' Resultant        --
  8' Salicional        73   16' Open Diapason    32
  8' Voix Celeste      61   16' Bourdon          32
  8' Viol Angelica     73   16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
  8' Viol Celeste      61    8' Open Flute       12
  4' Flute Traverse    73    8' Flute Gedeckt    12
  2' Flageolet         61    8' Cello            GT
  8' Cornopean         73
  8' Orchestral Oboe   73
  8' Vox Humana        61
     Tremolo

      [Received from Jeff Scofield April 21, 2022]

Documents

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