Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1385 (1927)

Highland Park Methodist Church: Sanctuary
3300 Mockingbird Lane
Dallas, TX

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

Images

1927-07-08 - Church exterior (Photograph in the church archives; used with permission/Database Manager)

1927-07-08 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph in the church archives; used with permission/Database Manager)

1927-07-08 - Pilcher facade (Photograph in the church archives; used with permission/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
31 stops
27 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

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Vol VII p. 44 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 - Photo Archives 4107. -Database Manager

2010-04-20 - Updated through on-line information from John R. Brown. -Database Manager

2010-05-11 - Updated through on-line information from John R. Brown. -- Per HPUMC Archivist, the organ was purchased by a church member, Buddy Porter, and installed in his home in Dallas, TX. -Database Manager

2011-08-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced in 1953 by 3/43 Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1231 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from the factory ledger book via the OHS Archives Date not recorded

   Dallas, Texas
   Highland Park Methodist Church

   Pilcher   Op. 1385   1927   3/29
   _________________________________________________

   GREAT (*unenclosed)           SWELL

8' Open Diapason    73 *     16' Bourdon          73
8' Gross Flute      73        8' Open Diapason    73
8' Gamba            73        8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Gemshorn         73        8' Salicional       73
4' Wald Flute       73        8' Vox Celeste      61
8' Tuba             73        8' Flauto Dolce     73
   Tremolo                    8' Aeoline          73
   Sub                        4' Flauto Traverso  73
   Unison Off               III  Cornet          183
   Super                      8' Oboe             73
   Chimes           20        8' Vox Humana       73
                                 Tremolo
   CHOIR                         Sub
                                 Unison Off
8' English Diapason 73           Super
8' Concert Flute    73
8' Flute Celeste    61           PEDAL
8' Dulciana         73
8' Unda Maris       61       16' Open Diapason    32
8' Quintadena       73       16' Bourdon          32
4' Flute d'Amour    73       16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
8' Clarinet         73       16' Contra Gamba     12 CH
   Tremolo                    8' Open Flute       12
   Sub                        8' Cello            GT
   Unison Off
   Super
   Chimes           GT

      [Received from Jeff Scofield May 17, 2017]

Documents

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