1925-05-02 - Nave, Gallery, and Organ Case (Image from Louisiana Photo Archives and NewOrlenasChurches.com/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2009-06-14 - Identified through information from John DeMajo: When the fair closed, the organ went to the Jesuit Fathers for their church on Baronne Street. In 1928 the original Immaculate Conception Church was damaged by foundation work from the Pere Marquette Building and other large buildings in the area. The organ was stored in the Roosevelt (now Fairmont) Hotel, across the street, while the original church was demolished and the present church was constructed. The organ was reinstalled in the new church, with additions, by the Moller Company. -Database Manager
2009-06-14 - Updated through information received via e-mail from John DeMajo: -- When I last saw it, the 32' open principal from the fair organ was sitll in tact and the facade pipes still had the original stenciling on them.Most of it is still there. The organ was supplemented by Moller when the new church was built, but the original Pilcher pipe work is mostly still there from what we could see. There were two buildings involved, which makes this location somewhat confusing. The Pilcher was moved to the original 1850's building in the same case that was installed at the Audubon Park Cotton Expo fair location. The church had structural problems resulting from the Jesiuts constructing an office building next door in the 1920's, and they demolished the building and erected an identical replica of the original building in 1928. That is the present church. The Pilcher was stored at the Roosevelt Hotel across the street while the construction was underway and when they reinstalled the organ, it was removed from the original Pilcher case and expanded by Moller and Rive Organ Company. -Database Manager
2009-12-31 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The organ was replaced by 1975 2/3 Möller Op. 11054, though Op. 3318 is still entombed in the side chambers of the gallery; Op. 11054 was replaced by an electronic instrument. -Database Manager
2012-05-04 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The contract was signed in February 1922 for completion that October; it was put into storage when the church was taken down and rebuilt, then moved to the new church in early 1930; twenty-nine stops retained from the Pilcher; by the early 1970's, the organ had been abandoned in place; a 4-rank Möller was installed in 1975; it was replaced by a Phoenix electronic in 2007 and shipped off to a residence in Texas. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
New Orleans, Louisiana
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Möller Op. 3318 1922 4/54
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GREAT (unenclosed 10") CHOIR 5"
16' Open Diapason 73 a 8' Quintadena 73
8' 1st Open Diapason 73 a 8' Geigen Principal 73 a
8' 2nd Open Diapason 73 a 8' Clarabella 73 a
8' Stentorphone 73 8' Gedeckt 73 a
---GREAT (enclosed 5")--- 8' Keraulophone 73 a
8' Gross Flute 73 8' Dulciana 73 a
8' Melodia 73 a 8' Unda Maris 61
8' Cello 73 4' Flute D'Amour 61 b
8' Gamba 73 2' Harmonic Piccolo 61
8' Gemshorn 73 8' French Horn 73
4' Octave 61 b 8' Clarinet 73 e
4' Flute Harmonique 61 b Tremolo
4' Flute Ouverte -- Sub
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 b Unison Cancel
III Mixture 183 c Super
8' Tuba 61 Harp 49
4' Clarion 12
Tremolo ECHO 5"
Sub 8' Wald Flute 61
Unison Cancel 8' Flute Celeste 61
Super 8' Orchestra Violin 61
8' Muted Violin 61
SWELL 5" 4' Flute Flute --
16' Bourdon 73 a 8' Vox Humana 61
8' Open Diapason 73 a Tremolo
8' Stop Diapason 73 a Sub
8' Orchestral Flute 73 Unison Cancel
8' Viol D'Orchestra 73 Super
8' Viol Celeste 61
4' Principal 61 b PEDAL 10"
4' Wald Flute 61 b 32' Open Diapason 32 f/h
2' Flageolet 61 b 16' Open Diapason 32 f
III Dolce Cornet 183 c 16' Bourdon 32 g
16' Contra Fagotto 73 16' Violone 32 f
8' Cornopean 73 16' Echo Bourdon 12 EC
8' Orchestral Oboe 73 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
8' Vox Humana 60 b/d 10 2/3' Quint 7
Tremolo 8' Octave 32 f
Sub 8' Bass Flute 5
Unison Cancel 8' Cello GT
Super 8' Flute SW
16' Tuba 32 f
a 60 old pipes, 13 new 16' Contra Fagotto SW
b 60 old pipes, 1 new 8' Tuba GT
c 180 old pipes, 3 new
d separate box in SW box All pipework new unless
e 48 old pipes, 25 new otherwise indicated.
f 30 old pipes, 2 new
g 30 old pipes, 14 new
h 16' stopped pipe furnished for GGGG of 32' Open Diapason
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