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Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1423 (1928)

First Baptist Church
225 1st Ave SW
Ardmore, OK

Images

2016-01-28 - Church interior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
26 stops
34 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Vol. VII p. 89 of the Pilcher factory ledger and a list of organs typed by William E. Pilcher of Louisville. For more information see the document referenced below. -Database Manager

2005-04-07 - Ledger index says reeds voiced by Syl Kohler. -Database Manager

2012-02-11 - Updated through online information from Kyle Arthur. -- Still present and in regular use. Original console replaced in 1978 by Moller. Organ contains 5 rank Echo (Celestial) division located in the ceiling above the balcony towards the back of the church. It is under expression. -Database Manager

2021-03-17 - According to organist Jacque Telford and pastor Dr. Alton Fannin, the present Moller console, a 1975 addition to the organ, was converted from electropneumatic/pneumatic action to digital controls ca. 2016. A Petersen memory system was added (mounted on wall beside console), as well as MIDI capability. At that time, the Echo organ was disconnected to allow MIDI connections to be made, and remains disconnected as of this writing. -Rev. Dr. Van Herd

Stoplist

Source: From the factory ledger book via the OHS Archives

     Ardmore, Oklahoma
     First Baptist Church

     Pilcher   Op. 1423   1928   3/28
     _____________________________________________

     GREAT                     CHOIR
  8' Open Diapason #1 73    8' English Diapason 73
  8' Open Diapason #2 73    8' Concert Flute    73  
  8' Gross Flute      73    8' Quintadena       73
  8' Gamba            73    8' Dulciana         73
  8' Gemshorn         73    4' Flute d'Amour    73
  4' Octave           --    8' Clarinet         73
  4' Hohl Flute       --       Tremolo
     Sub                       Sub
     Unison Off                Unison Off
     Super                     Super
     Chimes           CH       Cathedral Chimes 20

     SWELL                     ECHO
 16' Bourdon          73    8' Cor de Nuit      73
  8' Open Diapason    73    8' Vox Angelia      73
  8' Stopped Diapason 73    8' Unda Maris       61
  8' Viol d'Orchestre 73    8' Vox Humana       61
  8' Viol Celeste     61       Tremolo
  8' Aeoline          73
  4' Flute Harmonic   73       PEDAL
  2' Flautina         --   32' Resultant        --
III  Dolce Cornet    183   16' Open Diapason    32
  8' Cornopean        73   16' Bourdon          32
  8' Oboe             73   16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
     Tremolo                8' Cello            GT
     Sub                    8' Violone          12
     Unison Off             8' Dolce Flute      SW
     Super

    [Received from Jeff Scofield March 19, 2021]

Documents

Factory Specifications from Pilcher ledger, via the OHS Archives Specifications from factory ledger book -Jeff Scofield
(2005-04-05) Pilcher Organs Summary of Pilcher Sources by Soosie Schmitt -Database Manager

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