Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1582 (1932)

First Baptist Church
Oakland and Maple Avenue
Red Bank, NJ

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
24 stops
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume VIII p. 83 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

2012-06-23 - Updated through online information from Alan Binger. -- Austin console, 1980s Choir, Great and Pedal Bordon are enclosed in a common expression chamber. Main chests are Pitman stop action. -Database Manager

Documents

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