Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1945 (1941)

Citadel Square Baptist Church: Sanctuary
328 Meeting St.
Charleston, SC

Images

2017-11-07 - Church exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-02-25 - Balcony, Echo and balcony console (Photograph by Church website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-04-23 - Church interior (Photograph by sidebottompreservation.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
47 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume IX p. 1 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: $8,939.00 -Database Manager

2011-08-31 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- This was either a new organ or a rebuild of 1911 4-manual Möller Op. 1163; the Pilcher later received a 3-manual Möller console; at the time of my visit on April 21, 1992, the organ was a 3/56 and had a new Wicks console; this could have been a rebuild like many in the city that were damaged by Hurricane Hugo in 1989. -Database Manager

2012-07-08 - Updated through online information from Scott Crowell. -- Organ badly damaged by Hurricane Hugo. It was replaced by a 3-manual, 54-rank Wicks organ (Opus 6200) in 1990. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON January 1942

       Charleston, South Carolina
       Citadel Square Baptist Church

       Pilcher   Op. 1945   1941   3/35
       ________________________________________________

       GREAT                        SWELL
   16' Violone          61      16' Bourdon          73
    8' 1st Diapason     61       8' Violin Diapason  73
    8' 2nd Diapason     61       8' Rohrflöte        73
    8' Gemshorn         61       8' Viol d'Orchestre 73
    8' Hohlflöte        61       8' Viol Celeste     61
    4' Octave           61       8' Aeoline          73
2 2/3' Twelfth          61       8' Voix Celeste     61
    2' Fifteenth        61       4' Gemshorn         73 
   II  Grave Mixture    --       4' Chimney Flute    12
    8' Tuba             CH   2 2/3' Nazard           --
       Chimes           ED       2' Flageolet        61
                                 8' Cornopean        73
       ECHO                      8' Oboe             73
    8' English Diapason 61       4' Clarion          12
    8' Viola da Gamba   61          Tremolo & Muffler
    8' Voix Celeste     49
    8' Aeoline          61          CHOIR
    4' Waldflöte        61       8' Geigen Principal 73
    8' Vox Humana       61       8' Gedeckt          73
       Tremolo                   8' Dulciana         73
       Chimes                    8' Unda Maris       61
                                 4' Flauto Traverso  73
       PEDAL                 2 2/3' Quint            --
   16' Open Diapason    32       2' Piccolo          --
   16' Bourdon          32       8' Tuba             73
   16' Violone          GT       8' Clarinet         73
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW          Tremolo
    8' Octave           32          Chimes           EC
    8' Flute            12
    8' Cello            GT
    4' Super Octave     12
   16' Ophicleide    CH 12

          [Received from Jeff Scofield May 7, 2022]