2004-10-30 - The original builder was Henry Pilcher's Sons (1890). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - This entry represents the rebuilding of an existing organ. Re-trackerized using parts from a 2-manual, 1910, J. W. Steere & Sons from the Methodist Church in Ware, Massachusetts. A 2' Fifteenth rank was added in Rule rebuild. -Database Manager
2014-02-13 - Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -Database Manager
Source: Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Date not recorded
Harlan, Kentucky
Christ Episcopal Church
Henry Pilcher's Sons, 1889
Unknown Builder, 1930 - Installation here
Bradley Rule, 1995 - Re-trackerized with addition
MANUAL (Expressive); CC to c 61 notes:
8' Open Diapason 61 1-23 [sic, see below] en facade
8' Melodia 61 1-12 stopped wood
8' Viola da Gamba 61 1-7 stopped metal
8' Dulciana 61 1-7 stopped metal, (separate from Gamba basses)
4' Octave 61
4' Harmonic Flute 61 1-12 stopped wood, balance harmonic wood, metal trebs
2' Fifteenth 61 New slider & pipes' added 1995
PEDAL: CC - d 27 notes
16' Bourdon
NOTES
All pipes enclosed by swell box except 16 Bourdon & 8' Open Diapason #1-24
B. Rule & Co. retabled the manual chest, built a new key and stop action
and remodeled a two-manual J.W. Steere & Sons tracker console into a 1-
manual attached type. The facade pipes were stripped and repainted in the
original designs. Every attempt was made to restore the original color to
the facade pipes.
The oak casework was repaired where split or damaged but the original
design was never discovered, therefore a restoration was not possible.
The double-rise reservoir was releathered. The feeders were missing and
not replaced. A new blower was provided.
Suitable replacements were found for missing or ruined pipes. Facade
pipe #24, Open Diapason pipe "tenor B" was missing. It was replaced
by a new pipe behind the facade but outside the swell box.
The organ had been repitched at some point and the resulting voicing
was strained and unsteady on several ranks. While respecting the
original intent, most ranks were increased in scale by one note at
some point in their compass, mostly above middle g.
In the 1930 move/rebuild winding, actions, casework and pipes were
all greatly altered.
Rebuilt on a very tight budget. While the organ was out of the church
being rebuilt, the nave & chancel were stripped of acoustic tile.
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