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Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1229 (1924)

First Presbyterian Church: Chancel
1100 Austin Avenue
Waco, TX

Images

2015-05-23 - Church exterior (Photograph by Dr. T. Bradford Willis, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1955-06-01 - Console (Photograph from the Church Archives; image courtesy of T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2016-07-23 - Memorial Plaque (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church Exterior ((1920's) Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

Unknown - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case (Photograph from the Church Archives; image courtesy of T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
20 stops
4 divisions

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Vol VI p. 162 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: $10,000 Also Op. 506. -Database Manager

2010-12-15 - Updated through on-line information from T. Bradford Willis -- The organ had 3 main divisions (great, swell, and pedal) and an antiphonal division in the balcony/gallery. -Database Manager

2016-08-16 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. <br>There is an engraved brass plate on the chancel screen near the present organ console. It reads: This organ is presented by the members of the Higginson Family in loving memory of Mrs. Mattie McElroy Higginson and Green B. Higginson, December 25th AD 1923. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON October 1924

   Waco, Texas
   First Presbyterian Church

   Pilcher   Op. 1229   1924   2/30
   __________________________________________

   GREAT                  SWELL
8' Open Diapason 73   16' Bourdon          73
8' Melodia       73    8' English Diapason 73 
8' Gamba         73    8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Dulciana      73    8' Salicional       73
4' Flute d'Amour 73    8' Voix Celeste     61
8' Tuba          73    8' Aeoline          73
   Chimes        EC    4' Flute Harmonic   73
                       8' Oboe             73
   ECHO                   Tremolo
8' Fernflöte     73
8' Viol Aetheria 73       PEDAL
8' Viol Celeste  61   16' Open Diapason    32
8' Vox Humana    73   16' Bourdon          32
   Tremolo            16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
   Chimes        20    8' Dolce Flute      12
                       8' Cello            GT

[Received from Jeff Scofield December 13, 2022]

Documents

(1924-10-13) "Higginson Memorial [Organ] for the First Presbyterian Church Will Be Played by Carl Wiesemann\" Donors, Dedication Service, Installation -Database Manager
(2005-04-05) Pilcher Organs Summary of Pilcher Sources by Soosie Schmitt -Database Manager

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