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Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1930 (1940)

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

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
• 2 manuals
• 14 stops
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
• 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
• Has combination thumb pistons
• Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume VIII p. 181 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: $4500 Used some pipework from the college's 1924 Pilcher, Op. 1229.5 which was dismantled in 1939. -Database Manager

2011-08-10 - Updated through online information from Dr. David Lowry. -- Significant remodeling of Recital Hall in 1967 exposed the pipes in rear gallery. Organ destroyed in 1974, replaced by Gabriel Kney tracker in different location. -Database Manager

Documents

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

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #17487 - Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 792 (1913)
• #17490 - Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1228.5 (1924)

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