Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1839 (1937)

First Presbyterian Church
Huntington, WV

Images

2018-08-29 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
42 stops

Notes

2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume VIII p. 139 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: $6,700.00 -Database Manager

2022-04-23 - This was tonal changes and a rebuild of the existing organ; replaced in 1954 by 3/28 Moller Op. 8507. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON December 1937

       Huntington, West Virginia
       First Presbyterian Church

       Pilcher   Op. 1839   1937   3/33
       _______________________________________________

       GREAT                       CHOIR
    8' Open Diapason   61       8' Geigen Principal 73
    8' Doppelflöte     61       8' Melodia          73
    8' Gamba           61       8' Viol d'Orchestre 73
    8' Dolce Flute Cel CH       8' Viol Celeste     61
    8' Unda Maris      CH       8' Dulciana         73
    4' Octave          61       8' Unda Maris       61
    4' Flute Harmonic  61       8' Dolce Flute      73
       Chimes          21       8' Dolce Flute Cel  61
                                4' Flute d'Amour    73
       SWELL                2 2/3' Nazard           --
   16' Bourdon         73       2' Piccolo          --
    8' Open Diapason   73       8' Clarinet         73
    8' Gedeckt         73       8' French Horn      73
    8' Salicional      73          Tremolo
    8' Voix Celeste    61
    8' Aeoline         73          PEDAL
    4' Flute Traverse  73      32' Resultant        --
2 2/3' Quint           --      16' Open Diapason    32
    2' Flautino        61      16' Bourdon          32
  III  Mixture        183      16' Violone       GT 12
    8' Trompette       73      16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
    8' Cor Anglais     73       8' Flute            12
    8' Vox Humana      61       8' Violoncello      GT
       Tremolo                  4' Flute            --

        [Received from Jeff Scofield April 23, 2022]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON December 1937 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield
(2005-04-05) Pilcher Organs Summary of Pilcher Sources by Soosie Schmitt -Database Manager