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Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 794 (1913)

Christ Church, Episcopal
663 Douglas St.
Chattanooga, TN

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


Images


2019-11-18 - Facade pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-11-18 - Chancel and facade pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-11-18 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume V p. 6 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 - Pilcher made repairs and moved the console as their Op. 1528.5 in 1930. -Database Manager

2006-04-26 - Updated through on-line information from William Barger. -- This organ was moved to the back gallery of the church by Norville Hall and Associates, Mentone, Alabama, in 1960. The work was not well done, and the instrument was never at all satisfactory. In the late 1960s/early 1970s, the pipes were sold one at a time to the congregation and the remainder of the organ scrapped. A Möller Artiste (4-rank) from St. Mark's Episcopal, Dalton GA, was installed in the gallery until the present Richards, Fowkes instrument was installed. The façade pipes on both sides are still extant as is the 16' First Open Diapason. Many of these pipes played on both the Swell and Great, and it was most unsatisfactory to be missing those notes when the rest of the organ was moved to the rear gallery. The first open diapason is the only front stop that was playable after the rest of the organ was moved. -Database Manager

2019-11-22 - The church interior was completed according to plans by Ralph Adams Cram. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of the OHS Archives Date not recorded

   Chattanooga, Tennessee
   Christ Church, Episcopal

   Pilcher   Op. 794   1913   2/19
   ________________________________________________________________________

   GREAT                       SWELL                       PEDAL

8' 1st Open Diapason 61    16' Bourdon          61     16' Open Diapason 32
8' 2nd Open Diapason 61     8' Open Diapason    61     16' Sub Bass      32
8' Doppel Flute      61     8' Stopped Diapason 61     16' Bourdon       SW
8' Gamba             61     8' Salicional       61      8' Bass Flute    12
8' Dulciana          61     8' Aeoline          61
4' Octave            61     4' Flute Harmonic   61
4' Flute d'Amour     61     4' Violina          61
   Sub                      8' Cornopean        61
   Super                    8' Oboe             61
                            8' Vox Humana       61
                               Tremolo
                               Sub
                               Super

               [Received from Jeff Scofield November 21, 2019]

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