Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1522 (1930)

First Methodist Episcopal Church: Sanctuary
930 North Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
36 stops
22 registers
5 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume VIII p. 40 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: $12,000 -Database Manager

2011-08-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> October 1930 Date not recorded

       Baton Rouge, Louisiana
       First Methodist Church

       Pilcher   Op. 1522   1930   3/22
       _______________________________________________

       As per the policy of THE AMERICAN ORGANIST at
       the time, stopnames of extensions and borrows
       show the same name as the parent rank.

       GREAT                       CHOIR

    8' Diapason          73     8' English Diapason 73
    8' Grossfloete       73     8' Melodia          73
    8' Gamba             73     8' Dulciana         73
    8' Gemshorn          73     4' Melodia          12
    4' Octave            61     8' Clarinet         73
    4' Grossfloete       12        Tremulant
    8' Tuba              73        Chimes           EC
       Tremulant
       Chimes            EC        ECHO

       SWELL                    8' Cor de Nuit      73
                                8' Vox Angelica     73
   16' Stopped Flute     61     8' Unda Maris       61
    8' Horn Diapason     73     4' Cor de Nuit      12
    8' Stopped Flute     12        Tremulant
    8' Viole d'Orchestre 73        Chimes           20
    8' Viole Celeste     61
    8' Salicional        73        PEDAL
    4' Stopped Flute     12
2 2/3' Stopped Flute      7    16' Diapason         32
    2' Stopped Flute      5    16' Bourdon          32
    8' Oboe              73    16' Stopped Flute    SW
    8' Vox Humana        61     8' Bourdon          12
       Tremulant                8' Gamba            GT
       Chimes            EC

       [Received from Jeff Scofield September 22, 2019]

Documents

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