Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1111 (1922)

First Baptist Church
Shreveport, LA

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

Images

1922 - Console (Photograph from an archival source: From a Pilcher ad in THE DIAPASON July 1922, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1920s)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
33 stops
44 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume V 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: $21,160. William Pilcher's list says 4m. With Echo. Photo Archives 4124 (& neg.) -Database Manager

2019-09-17 - The congregation moved to a suburban location and in 1963 James and Nora Williams installed a new organ that was gradually enlarged to 80-ranks. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from the factory ledger via the OHS Archives Date not recorded

    Shreveport, Louisiana
    First Baptist Church

    Pilcher   Op. 1111   1922   4/34
    __________________________________________________

    GREAT (* enclosed)            SWELL

16' Open Diapason     73      16' Bourdon           73
 8' 1st Open Diapason 73       8' Open Diapason     73
 8' 2nd Open Diapason --       8' Stopped Diapason  73
 8' Philomela         73 *     8' Salicional        73  
 8' Gamba             73 *     8' Vox Celeste       73
 8' Gemshorn          73 *     8' Aeoline           73
 4' Hohl Flute (Phil) -- *     4' Flute Harmonic    73
 8' Harmonic Tuba     73 *     4' Salicet           --
    Tremolo                    2' Flautina          -- +
    Sub                      III  Dolce Cornet     122 +
    Unison Off                16' Contra Posaune    73
    Unison Separation          8' French Horn       73
    Super                      8' Orchestral Oboe   73
                               8' Vox Humana        73
    ECHO                          Tremolo
                                  Sub
 8' Claribel Flute    73          Unison Off
 8' Vox Angelique     73          Unison Separation
 8' Viole Aetheria    73          Super
 8' Vox Seraphique    73
 4' Fern Flute        --          CHOIR
 8' Vox Humana        73
    Tremolo                    8' Horn Diapason     73
 8' Stentorphone      73       8' Concert Flute     73
    Chimes            20       8' Flute Celeste     61
                               8' Viol d'Orchestra  73
    PEDAL                      8' Dulciana          73
                               4' Flute d'Amour     73
16' Open Diapason     32       8' Clarinet          73
16' Bourdon           32          Tremolo
16' Violone           GT          Sub
16' Lieblich Gedeckt  SW          Unison Off
 8' Open Flute (Diap) 12          Unison Separation
 8' Dolce Flute       12          Super
 8' Cello             GT          Harp              61
16' Posaune           SW

     [Received from Jeff Scofield September 17, 2019]

Documents

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