Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1486 (1929)

First Baptist Church: sanctuary
Mayfield, KY

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

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: cardcow.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
20 stops
25 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume VII p. 179 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

2010-10-10 - Updated through on-line information from Dr. Randal Taylor Pollock. -Database Manager

2022-04-15 - Replaced in 1977 by a 3/43 Reuter. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From the factory ledger book, courtesy of the OHS Archives

   Mayfield, Kentucky
   First Baptist Church

   Pilcher   Op. 1485   1929   3/20
   ______________________________________________

   GREAT                      SWELL
8' Open Diapason    61    16' Bourdon          73
8' Dopple Flute     61     8' Open Diapason    73
8' Gemshorn         61     8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Gamba            61     8' Salicional       73
4' Hohl Flute       61     8' Voix Celeste     61
8' Tuba             61     8' Aeoline          73
   Tremolo                 4' Flute d'Amour    12
   Sub                     8' Oboe             73
   Unison Off              8' Vox Humana       73
   Super                      Tremolo
   Chimes         prep        Sub
                              Unison Off
   CHOIR                      Super
8' English Diapason 73
8' Concert Flute    73        PEDAL
8' Dulciana         73    16' Open Diapason    32
4' Flute Traverso   12    16' Bourdon          32
8' Clarinet         73    16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
   Tremolo                 8' Octave Diapason  12
   Sub                     8' Cello            GT
   Unison Off
   Super
   Chimes         prep

    [Received from Jeff Scofield April 15, 2022]

Documents

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