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Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1913 (1940)

St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church
48 N. Hanover Street
Minster, OH

Images

2009-11-07 - Church Exteriior (Photograph by Nyattend, released to public domain./Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
31 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Vol. VIII p. 173 of the factory ledger and a 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: $5500 Rebuild. Also 1895 2-20 Pilcher. -Database Manager

2019-04-23 - Updated by Jared Post, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br> -Database Manager

2019-07-12 - Updated by Jared Post, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br> -Database Manager

Stoplist

Original document from Jared Post. Source: Stoplist from church archives 2019-04-08

Minster, OH
St. Augustine R.C. Church

Organ by Henry Pilcher's Sons

Great Organ (Unenclosed)
8'     Open Diapason           73  Pipes
4'     Octave                  73  Pipes
2 2/3' Octave Quint            61  Pipes
2'     Super Octave            61  Pipes
III    Mixture                 183 Pipes

Great Organ (Enclosed)
8'     Viola da Gamba          73  Pipes
8'     Doppel Flute            73  Pipes
8'     Dulciana                73  Pipes
8'     Unda Maris (tc)         61  Pipes
8'     Concert Flute           73  Pipes
4'     Harmonic Flute          73  Pipes
8'     Trompette               73  Pipes
       Tremolo

Swell Organ (Expressive)
16'    Bourdon                 73  Pipes
8'     Open Diapason           73  Pipes
8'     Viol                    73  Pipes
8'     Stopped Diapason        73  Pipes
8'     Salicional              73  Pipes
8'     Salicional Celeste (tc) 61  Pipes
8'     Aeoline                 73  Pipes
4'     Harmonic Flute          73  Pipes
4'     Gehmshorn               73  Pipes
2'     Flautina                61  Pipes
III    Dolce Cornet            183 Pipes
8'     Oboe                    73  Pipes
       Tremolo

Pedal Organ (Unenclosed)
16'    Open Diapason (Wood)    32  Pipes
16'    Bourdon                 44  Pipes
16'    Lieblich Gedeckt        From Swell
8'     Octave                  44  Pipes
8'     Major Flute             From 16' Bourdon
8'     Flute Dolce             From 16' Lieblich Gedeckt
4'     Super Octave            From 8' Octave

Couplers
Great to Great 16'
Great Unison Off
Great to Great 4'
Swell to Great 16'
Swell to Great 8'
Swell to Great 4'
Swell to Swell 16'
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4'
Great to Pedal 8'
Great to Pedal 4'
Swell to Pedal 8'
Swell to Pedal 4'

Pistons
Great 1-5
Swell 1-6
Pedal 1-5
No General Pistons

Documents

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

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#63817 - H.W. Muller & Sons (1968)