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Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1190 (1923)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
126 W. North Street
Albemarle, NC

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

Images

2016-10-25 - Church exterior (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
14 stops
16 registers
3 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: Fixed Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume VI p. 127 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: $6750 -Database Manager

2008-12-30 - The facade was removed and is now part of a relocated 1962 Schantz in Saint Andrew Lutheran Church, New Bern, North Carolina. -Database Manager

2012-09-07 - Updated through online information from Stanley R. Scheer. -- First Presbyterian Church is an Akron-style building with the choir loft located along the right wall of the nave. The organ was located directly behind the choristers behind a wood facade containing gold display pipes. The console was located to the right side of the organ casework in the loft. The organ was rebuilt in 1967 by Wilhelm Zimmer. The rebuilt organ remained in use until the 2007 installation of Letourneau, Opus 105. When the Zimmer was replaced, the Pilcher case was moved to St. Andrew Lutheran Church, New Bern NC as casework for the 2008 installation of a 1962 organ. -Database Manager

2012-09-07 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Analytical stoplist, Courtesy of Stan Scheer Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Unsupported filetype pdf, view here.

Stoplist from factory specifications in church file Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

   Albemarle, North Carolina
   First Presbyterian Church

   Pilcher  Op. 1190   1923   2/14
   _______________________________________________________________________

   GREAT                    SWELL                      PEDAL
8' Open Diapason  61    16' Bourdon          73    16' Sub Bass         32
8' Dulciana       61     8' Viola Diapason   73    16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
8' Viol d'Gamba   61     8' Salicional       pf     8' Flute            12
8' Melodia        61     8' Aeoline          73
4' Flute d'Amour  61     8' Vox Celeste      61
4' Gemshorn       pf     8' Stopped Diapason 73
                         4' Flute Harmonic   73
                         8' Oboe (reedless)  73
                         8' Vox Humana       73
                            Tremolo

              [Received from Stanley Scheer September 1, 2012]

Documents

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

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#37191 - J. T. Ellenberger (2008)