Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1543.5 (1931)

St. James Catholic Church
1826 Edenside Avenue
Louisville, KY

Images

2021-09-15 - Gallery and façade (Photograph by Philip Hines via David Schroth, Jr., Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-12-30 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2010-12-30 - Sanctuary interior to rear and organ case (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2010-12-30 - Church exterior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2010-12-30 - Facade pipes (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
29 stops
29 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume VIII p. 68 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: $5000 Rebuild -Database Manager

2015-03-04 - Updated through online information from Sue Hankla. -Database Manager

2016-01-30 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. <br>In Bynum Petty's book, this organ is identified with opus number 1543.5. -Database Manager

2021-09-20 - This was a rebuild and electrification of the existing organ [currently undocumented}, with a new console . -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

       Louisville, Kentucky
       St. James R. C. Church

       Pilcher   Op. 1543.5   1931   3/31
       _______________________________________

       GREAT                  SWELL
   16' Open Diapason      16' Bourdon
    8' Open Diapason       8' Violin Diapason
    8' Viol d'Gamba        8' Stopped Diapason
    8' Doppel Flute        8' Salicional
    4' Principal           8' Aeoline
    4' Harmonic Flute      4' Wald Flute
2 2/3' Twelfth             4' Violina
    2' Fifteenth         III  Cornet
    8' Trumpet             8' Oboe
       Unison Off          8' Vox Humana       *
       Super                  Tremolo
                              Sub
       CHOIR                  Unison Off
    8' Geigen Principal       Super
    8' Melodia
    8' Dolce                  PEDAL
    4' Flute              16' Open Diapason
    2' Piccolo            16' Bourdon
    8' Clarinet           16' Lieblich Gedeckt *
       Tremolo             8' Violoncello
       Sub
       Unison Off          *  new addition
       Super

[Received from Jeff Scofield September 20, 2021]

Documents

Specifications from the factory ledger book Specifications from the factory ledger book -Jeff Scofield