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Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1422 (1928)

Wellsville Tabernacle / Wellsville Ward (LDS)
Wellsville, UT

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
10 stops
12 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Vol. VII p. 89 of the Pilcher factory ledger and a list of organs typed by William E. Pilcher of Louisville. For more information see the document referenced below. -Database Manager

2007-03-03 - Updated through on-line information from Jonathan D. Rose. -- Pipework removed to new instrument, chests, console, action discarded. Original zinc twin pipe fences still in place. -Database Manager

2009-06-14 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The console was sold to Ken Kajkowski of [then] Great Falls, MT for his Opus 1 installed at St. Jude Thaddeus in Havre, MT. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From the factory ledger book via the OHS Archives

    Wellsville, Utah
    Wellsville Tabernacle

    Pilcher   Op. 1422   1928   2/10
    ___________________________________________

    GREAT                    SWELL
 8' Open Diapason    73   8' Viola Diapason  73
 8' Melodia          73   8' Gedeckt         73
 8' Dulciana         73   8' Aeoline         73
 4' Flute d'Amour    73   4' Flute Harmonic  73
    Sub                   8' Oboe (reedless) 73
    Super                    Tremolo
                             Super
    PEDAL
16' Bourdon          32
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 SW
 8' Flute            12

   [Received from Jeff Scofield March 19, 2021]

Documents

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

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