Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1300 (1926)

Centenary Methodist Church: Sanctuary
419 McCallie Ave.
Chattanooga, TN

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

Images

Unknown - Chancel and pipe facade (Photo from the collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
25 stops
22 registers
4 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
Has combination 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. 232 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: $10,175. Photo Archives 4099. -Database Manager

2005-06-25 - On-line update from Jeff Scofield -- Replaced by Schantz 3/42 Op. 770 in 1966. -Database Manager

2011-08-31 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> January 1926 Date not recorded

    Chattanooga, Tennessee
    Centenary Methodist Church

    Pilcher   Op. 1300   1926   3/22
    _____________________________________________

    GREAT                     CHOIR
 8' Open Diapason    73    8' Violin Diapason  73
 8' Grossflöte       73    8' Concert Flute    73
 8' Viol d'Gamba     73    8' Dolce            73
 8' Dulciana         73    4' Flauto Traverso  73
 4' Flute d'Amour    73    8' French Horn      73
 8' Tuba             73       Tremolo

    SWELL                     PEDAL
16' Bourdon          73   16' Open Diapason    32
 8' English Diapason 73   16' Bourdon          32
 8' Gedeckt          73   16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
 8' Salicional       73    8' Flauto Dolce     12
 8' Voix Celeste     61    8' Violoncello      GT
 8' Aeoline          73
 4' Flute Harmonic   73
 8' Cornopean        73
 8' Oboe             73
    Tremolo

    [Received from Jeff Scofield January 10 2023]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON January 1926 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield