Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1809 (1936)

Trinity Baptist Church
1329 NW 23rd St.
Oklahoma City, OK

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
16 stops
26 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Vol. VIII p. 122 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 - Original price: $6375 Also Op. 1934 (rebuild) -Database Manager

2022-05-01 - No longer here; there is an Allen in one of the more recent Facebook photos, but in current photos there is no organ in sight and chambers sealed off - just a stage. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON December 1935

       Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
       Trinity Baptist Church

       Pilcher   Op. 1809   1936   3/16
       ______________________________________________

       GREAT (enclosed)            CHOIR
    8' Principal Diapason 73    8' Violin Diapason 73
    8' Grossflöte      PD 41    8' Concert Flute   73
    8' Gemshorn           73    8' Dulciana        73
    4' Octave Diapason    73    4' Flauto Traverso 12
    4' Hohlflöte          --    8' Clarinet        73
       Tremolo                     Tremolo
       Chimes             20       Chimes          GT

       SWELL                       PEDAL
   16' Bourdon            61   16' Open Diapason   32
    8' English Diapason   73   16' Subbass         32
    8' Stopped Diapason   12   16' Bourdon         SW
    8' Viol d'Orchestre   73   16' Contra Dulciana 12 CH
    8' Viol Celeste       61    8' Flute           SW
    8' Echo Salicional    73       Chimes          GT
    4' Flute d'Amour      12
2 2/3' Quint               7
    2' Piccolo             5
    8' Horn Oboe          73
    8' Vox Humana         73
       Tremolo

          [Received from Jeff Scofield May 1, 2022]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON December 1935 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield