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Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 454 (1903)

Concordia Lutheran Church
1127 East Broadway
Louisville, KY

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
10 stops
10 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - [Probably Op. 454 (2-10) completed in Aug 1903 for an Evangelical Lutheran, in Louisville?] 1906? Pilcher 2-10r 10s Moved from original church to new Ralph Adams Cram church ca. 1930. New Stinckens pipework installed by Mark Brombaugh, organist of the church, in 1973 & 1975, scaled by John Brombaugh and with tonal finishing assistance of John Brombaugh and George Taylor. 2-14r 10s Werckmeister III temperament. Later retuned to equal temperament with tuning slides. Moved across the chancel ca. 1980 by Steiner-Reck, at which time the wind system was altered, new pedal Bourdon chests built, and the original 27-note pedalboard replaced by a 30-note concave & radiating pedalboard. -Database Manager

2005-06-14 - Online update from Lynn Thompson -- This organ is definitely Op. 454. In 1903, Concordia Lutheran Church was called "First German Evangelical Lutheran Church," which was abbreviated by Pilcher in the record books to "Evangelical Lutheran Church." The move into the new Cram building in 1930 was accomplished by Henry Pilcher's Sons. Letters exist in the church archives from Henry Pilcher's Sons and from M.P Moller, encouraging the church to update to a "modern, electric action intrument" rather than simply move their "antique" organ to the new sanctuary. The organ remained intact until the 1970s when the Brombaugh rebuild occured. John Boody also assisted with the re-voicing. -Database Manager

2012-07-01 - Updated through online information from Lynn Thompson. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from console November 3, 2013 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Louisville, Kentucky
Concordia Lutheran Church (LCMS) 

Brombaugh/Webber approx. 1973

Great:                             Swell:                                 Pedal:

8' Open Diapason     61 pipes      8' Lieblich Gedeckt       61 pipes     16' Bourdon     30 pipes
8' Rhorflote         61 pipes      4' Koppelflote            61 pipes     16' Fagott      12 pipes [ext.]
4' Octave            61 pipes      2' Octave                 61 pipes 
2' Super Octave      61 pipes      II Sesquialtera          122 pipes
IV Mixture          244 pipes      8' Trumpet (added 2009)   61 pipes
                                      Tremolo 

Couplers: 
Swell to Great 
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal                                   






 [Received from Bradley Johnson 2013-11-05.]

Stoplist from Church website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Concordia Lutheran Church 
Louisville, Kentucky

Henry Pilcher’s Sons Opus 454, installed 1903
II/10

GREAT
1.   8'	Open Diapason 	 61 	metal
2.   8'	Gamba		 61	metal
3.   8'	Melodia 	 61	metal 
4.   4'	Octave  	 61	metal
5.   2'	Super Octave	 61	metal

 SWELL
6.  8'	Geigen Principal 61	metal
7.  8'	Salicional 	 61	metal
8.  8'	Lieblich Gedackt 61	wood
9.  4'	Flute Harmonique 61	metal

 PEDAL
10. 16'	Bourdon 	 27	wood

Couplers
11. Swell to Great Unison
12. Swell to Pedal
13. Great to Pedal
      operated by pistons placed between the manuals

 Accessories
14. Tremolo to Swell
15. Bellows Signal
16. Wind Indicator for organist

 Pedal Movements
17. Great Organ Forte Combination
18. Great Organ Piano Combination
19. Balanced Swell Pedal Seat

 [Received from Stephen Hall 2011-09-19.]

Websites

organ history [Church web site] - History, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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