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Pilcher Bros. and Chant View Extant Instruments View Instruments

Distinction:

Chicago, Illinois, 1864-1866.
Classification: Builder

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October 30, 2004:

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). —

Pilcher Bros. and Chant succeeded Pilcher Brothers; partnership of Henry Pilcher [II], William Pilcher and Henry W. Chant in Chicago, Illinois, 1864-1866; the firm resumed its previous name of Pilcher Brothers [after Chant left.]

The firm built old opus nos. 62-70 (as researched and recorded by Elizabeth Towne Schmitt) —Ed.

Source:

  • Stopt Diapason Newsletter #25 (Hoffman Estates, IL: Chicago-Midwest Chapter of the Organ Historical Society).

See Pilcher Family Overview —Ed.
We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on October 25, 2019.

Database Specs:

  • 9 Organs
  • 0 Divisions
  • 0 Consoles

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