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Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1846 (1937)

Reid Memorial United Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
1004 North A Street
Richmond, IN

Images

2020-07-06 - Church exterior (Photograph by Indiana Landmarks, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2006-06-14 - Church interior and Hook & Hastings case, with 1957 console (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
39 stops
42 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Hook & Hastings (1905, Opus2096). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - $6,147. Rebuilt by Wicks in 1957. -Database Manager

2007-07-15 - According to the article in the <i>2007 Organ Atlas</i>, the Pilcher rebuild included a new console; new 73-note chests were built for the manuals; pedal compass enlarged to 32 notes (with new chests). -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>OHS Organ Atlas 2007</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Richmond, Indiana
       Reid Memorial United Presbyterian Church

       Hook & Hastings   Op. 1096   1906   3/36
       Pilcher           Op. 1846   1937   3/41
       ________________________________________________

       GREAT                        CHOIR

   16' Dbl Open Diapason 61      8' Open Diapason    73
    8' 1st Open Diapason 61      8' Concert Flute    73
    8' 2nd Open Diapason 61      8' Dulciana         73
    8' Gross Flute       61      4' Fugara           73
    8' Melodia           61      4' Flute Traverse   73
    8' Gamba             61      2' Piccolo          61
    4' Octave            61      8' Clarinet         73
    4' Flute d'Amour     61         Tremolo
    2' Fifteenth         61         Sub
  III  Mixture          183 n       Unison Off
    8' Trumpet           61         Super
       Sub                          Cathedral Chimes 21
       Unison Off                   Blank
       Super
       Cathedral Chimes  CH         ECHO

       SWELL                     8' Flute            61
                                 8' Viole            61
   16' Bourdon           73      8' Viole Celeste    49
    8' Open Diapason     73      8' Viole Aetheria   61
    8' Violin Diapason   73      4' Flute            61
    8' Gedeckt           73      8' Vox Humana       61
    8' Viol d'Orchestre  73         Tremolo
    8' Salicional        73         Blank
    8' Aeoline           73
    4' Octave            73         PEDAL
    4' Flute             73
    2' Flautina          61     16' Open Diapason    32
    8' Cornopean         73     16' Violone          32
    8' Oboe              73     16' Dulciana         32
       Tremolo                  16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
       Sub                       8' Octave           12
       Unison Off                8' Cello            12
       Super                        Blank
       Chimes            CH
       Blank

          [Received from Jeff Scofield May 19, 2016]

Documents

(1938-04-01) Write-up from THE DIAPASON April 1938 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#573 - Hook & Hastings Opus 2096 (1905)