Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 106 (1896)

First Baptist Church: Chapel
311 N. Thornton Avenue
Dalton, GA

Images

2021-07-01 - Pilcher nameplate (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-07-01 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-07-01 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-07-01 - Closeup of stenciled pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-07-01 - Organ case and stenciled pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-07-01 - Chancel and organ case (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-07-01 - Chapel interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-07-01 - Keydesk (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2009-07-22 - Keydesk from left (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
6 stops
6 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Removed to a home when church constructed new building c. 1945. Returned for use in chapel c. 1960. Originally had a trifold reservoir, alter to bifold, then rebuilt to trifold by Schleuter, who also restored the original stenciling and case finish in 1990. -Database Manager

2007-05-17 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Restored by A. E. Schleuter in 1990; the organ, with beautifully-stenciled facade pipes, stands in the front of the room in front of the existing organ screen. -Database Manager

Stoplist

From A.E. Schlueter website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Dalton, Georgia
First Baptist Church

1896 Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 106

Manual:
 8' Open Diapason 39 pipes
 8' Melodia       39 pipes
 8' Unison Bass   17 pipes (C-E)
 8' Dulciana      56 pipes
 4' Gemshorn      56 pipes
Super Octave Coupler

Pedal:
16' Bourdon       27 pipes
Manual to Pedal Coupler

 [Received from Connor Annable 2012-05-02.]