Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1156 (1923)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
Greensboro, NC

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

Consoles

Main

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

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume VI p. 102 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: $9600. William Pilcher's list says new church-Austin -Database Manager

2011-08-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced in 1952 by 3/30 Austin Op. 2173. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> May 1923 Date not recorded

   Greensboro, North Carolina
   First Baptist Church

   Pilcher   Op. 1156   1923   3/24
   _________________________________________

   GREAT                    SWELL

8' Open Diapason        16' Bourdon
8' Melodia               8' Open Diapason
8' Grossflöte            8' Stopped Diapason
8' Gemshorn              8' Salicional
8' Dulciana              8' Vox Celeste
4' Octave                8' Aeoline
4' Flute                 4' Chimney Flute
                         8' Oboe
   CHOIR                 8' Vox Humana
                            Tremolo
8' Violin Diapason
8' Concert Flute            PEDAL
8' Quintadena
8' Viol d'Amour         16' Open Diapason
4' Flute Harmonique     16' Bourdon
8' Clarinet             16' Lieblich Gedeckt
   Tremolo               8' Dolce
   Chimes 20

[Received from Jeff Scofield September 23, 2019]

Documents

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