Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 923 (1917)

Harmon Memorial Baptist Church / Norwood Baptist Church: Sanctuary
2037 Courtland Ave.
Norwood, OH

Images

Unknown - Front of sanctuary, organ case, facade and console (Vintage postcard, courtesy of Mike Davis (1970s)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Building exterior (Photograph by Mike Davis (2012)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Detached, Reversed Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
2 manuals
31 stops
15 registers
3 divisions
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Radiating
Has crescendo
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Vol. V p. 106 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 - In William Pilcher's list, 18 stops crossed out and 15 written in. -Database Manager

2011-08-31 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Renamed Norwood Baptist Church at some point. -Database Manager

2013-03-26 - Updated through online information from Don Hurd. -- Was a very nice organ when I last saw it in the 1990's -Database Manager

2018-02-27 - Updated by Mike Davis, who has heard or played the organ.<br> Sources: Henry Pilcher's Sons: Opus List and Historical Sketch<br>Personal: I was the organist here for a couple of years in the 1990s, and have played this organ as recently as late April 2017. It sounds fantastic and is in excellent working order with only a few minor issues (i.e. some chimes do not relay). I understand that the church has not regularly used the organ for some time. As of February 2018 the congregation will be relocating soon, and the facility will be repurposed and it will no longer be used as a church building. I do not know of plans for this organ, but the renderings I've seen of the upcoming renovation do not appear to include the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> February 1917 Date not recorded

   Norwood, Ohio
   Harmon Memorial Baptist Church

   Pilcher   Op. 923   1917   2/15
   ______________________________________________________

   GREAT                  SWELL                  PEDAL

8' Open Diapason      16' Bourdon            16' Sub Bass
8' Grossflöte          8' Open Diapason      16' Bourdon
8' Violin Diapason     8' Stopped Diapason    8' Flute
8' Concert Flute       8' Salicional
8' Dulciana            8' Vox Celeste
4' Harmonic Flute      8' Aeoline
                       4' Chimney Flute
                       8' Oboe

     [Received from Jeff Scofield September 20, 2019]

Documents

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