Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1489 (1929)

Wornall Road Baptist Church: Sanctuary
400 W. Meyer Blvd.
Kansas City, MO

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

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
26 stops
21 registers
4 divisions
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume VII p. 183 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

2011-08-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced in 1983 by 3/35 Schantz Op. 1738. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> August 1929 Date not recorded

   Kansas City, Missouri
   Wornall Road Baptist Church

   Pilcher   Op. 1489   1929   3/21
   _______________________________________________

   GREAT                       SWELL

8' Open Diapason    73     16' Bourdon          73
8' Doppelflöte      73      8' Open Diapason    73
8' Gemshorn         73      8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Gamba            73      8' Salicional       73
4' Hohlflöte        73      8' Voix Celeste     61
8' Tuba             73      8' Aeoline          73
   Chimes         prep      4' Flute d'Amour    73
                            8' Oboe             73
   CHOIR                    8' Vox Humana       73
                               Tremolo
8' English Diapason 73
8' Concert Flute    73         PEDAL
8' Flute Celeste    61
8' Dulciana         73     16' Open Diapason    32
4' Flauto Traverso  73     16' Bourdon          32
8' Clarinet         73     16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
   Tremolo                  8' Octave Diapason  12
                            8' Cello            GT

   [Received from Jeff Scofield September 24, 2019]

Documents

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