Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1245 (1925)

East Dallas Christian Church
629 N. Peak Street
Dallas, TX

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

Images

2015-06-07 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
31 stops
41 registers
4 divisions

Notes

2015-06-11 - According to the church website, the building now houses a 60-rank Schudi organ that was installed in 1974. -Database Manager

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Vol VI p. 179 of the Pilcher factory ledgers and a 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: $17,250 Photo Archives 4105. -Database Manager

2015-07-04 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON October 1924

    Dallas, Texas
    East Dallas Christian Church

    Pilcher   Op. 1245   1925   3/33
    _______________________________________________

    GREAT (*)                   SWELL
 8' 1st Open Diapason 73    16' Bourdon          73
 8' 2nd Open Diapason 73     8' Open Diapason    73
 8' Grossflöte        73     8' Stopped Diapason 73
 8' Gamba             73     8' Viol d'Orchestre 73
 8' Gemshorn          73     8' Salicional       73
 4' Hohlflöte         73     8' Voix Celeste     73
16' Ophicleide        61     8' Aeoline          73
 8' Tuba              12     4' Flute Harmonic   73
 4' Clairon           12     2' Flautina          +
    Tremolo                III  Cornet          219
    Chimes            25     8' Cornopean        73
                             8' Oboe             73
    CHOIR                    8' Vox Humana       73
16' Contra Viol       73        Tremolo
 8' English Diapason  73
 8' Violin Diapason @ 49        PEDAL
 8' Concert Flute     73    32' Resultant        --
 8' Flute Celeste     61    16' Open Diapason    32
 8' Dulciana          73    16' Subbass          32
 4' Flute d'Amour     73    16' Bourdon          32
 2' Piccolo           61    16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
 8' French Horn       73    16' Contra Viol      CH
 8' Clarinet          73     8' Open Flute (OpD) 12
    Tremolo                  8' Dolce Flute      12
    Chimes            GT     8' Cello            12
                            16' Ophicleide       GT
 @  in choir room
 +  from Cornet
 *  enclosed except for Diapasons

    [Received from Jeff Scofield December 13, 2022]

Documents

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