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Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1061 (1921)

Scottish Rite Temple
725 Cotton St.
Shreveport, LA

Images

1921 - Console (Photograph from an archival source: Pilcher catalog, courtesy of Morel & Associates, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
47 stops
43 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Henry Pilcher's Sons (1917, Opus 940). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Enlargement of Op. 940. Duplicate 4m console on main floor. Repaired and restored c. 1985 by Samuel B. Bowerman. -Database Manager

2011-08-31 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The main part of the organ is installed behind grills at balcony level along the right wall of the room; Solo and Echo are installed behind façade pipes on each side of the stage; Great, Swell and Choir were installed in 1917 as Pilcher Op. 940, with preparations for future additions; the organ and console were installed all behind the balcony-level grillwork; as part of the 1921 phase (Op. 1061), the Solo and Echo were installed and additions were made to the existing divisions; a second console was added, to be used on the main floor of the room; beginning in 1985, Samuel B. Bowerman, Louisville, KY, repaired and restored the organ; the 1917 console was disconnected and stored on site and the 1921 console was restored and made moveable. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Original document from Larry Covington. Source: From Console 2017-11-12

Shreveport, Louisiana
Scottish Rite Temple

Organ by Henry Pilcher's Sons   Opus 1061   1921

	Great
16'   Diapason
8'    First Diapason
8'    Second Diapason
8'    Gross Flute
8'    Gemshorn
4'    Octave
4'    Harmonic Flute
III   Mixture
8'    Trumpet

	Choir
8'    Geigen Principal
8'    Concert Flute
8'    Dulciana
4'    Flute d'Amour
8'    Clarinet
      Tremolo
      Chimes (Echo)

        Swell
16'   Bourdon
8'    Diapason
8'    Stopped Flute
8'    Salicional
8'    Aeoline
8'    Viole d'Orchestre
8'    Celeste
4'    Orchestral Flute
4'    Violina
2'    Flautina
III   Mixture
8'    Cornopean
8'    Oboe
8'    Vox Humana
      Tremolo

        Solo
8'    Stentorphone
8'    Philomela
8'    Wald Flute
8'    Gamba
8'    Celeste
8'    Tuba
      Tremolo

        Echo
8'    Claribel Flute
8'    Unda Maris
8'    Muted Viole
4'    Flute d'Chimney (sic)
8'    Vox Humana
      Tremolo
      Chimes

        Pedal
16'   Diapason
16'   Bourdon
16'   Violone
16'   Gedeckt
10 2/3' Quint
8'    Octave
8'    Dolce Flute
16'   Trombone


[Received from Larry Covington  2017-11-12]

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