Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1079 (1921)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
307 University Drive
Starkville, MS

Images

2012-06-05 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019-10-06 - Organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019-12-22 - Organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2015-04-21 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Tami Newsom/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
8 stops
8 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume VI 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 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from the Pilcher ledger book. Original price: $3,400.00. -Database Manager

2010-07-28 - Updated through online information from Karen Murphy. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the factory ledger book in the OHS Archives Date not recorded

   Starkville, Mississippi
   First Presbyterian Church

   Pilcher   Op. 1079   1921   2/8
   ______________________________________________________________

   GREAT                   SWELL                       PEDAL

8' Open Diapason 61     8' Stopped Diapason 61     16' Bourdon 30
8' Melodia       61     8' Viola            61
8' Dulciana      61     8' Aeoline          61
   Super                4' Flute Harmonique 61
                           Tremolo

[Received from Jeff Scofield November 3, 2015]

Documents

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