Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 523 (1905)

First Methodist Church
Mayfield, KY

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

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
11 stops
11 registers
3 divisions

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume III p. 108 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: $1650. Water motor -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Mayfield, Kentucky
    First Methodist Church

    Pilcher   Op. 523   1905   2/11
    _________________________________________

    GREAT                 SWELL
 8' Open Diapason 61   8' Violin Diapason  61
 8' Melodia       61   8' Stop'd Diapason  61
 8' Dulciana      61   8' Salicional       61
 4' Octave        61   4' Flute Harmonique 61
 2' Super Octave  61   4' Violina          61
                          Tremolo
    PEDAL
16' Bourdon       30

    Bellows Signal
    Wind indicator for organist
    Great Organ Forte construction
    Great Organ Piano construction (dbl acting)
    Water Motor
    $1650.00

 [Received from Jeff Scofield April 15, 2022]

Documents

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