Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1056 (1920)

First Baptist
206 N. Weston St.
Fountain Inn, SC

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
12 stops
Key action Type: Multiple Action Types
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Setterboard
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume VI p. 24 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: $4,600 -Database Manager

2009-03-20 - Updated through on-line information from Chip Mays. -- Moved to a new sanctuary attached to old building in 1970's. Installed in chambers. New Organ Supply pitman chests and Reisner console. Stoplist/pipes unaltered. 6 ranks added in 2008 on electric chests with solid state switching. -Database Manager

Documents

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