Henry Pilcher's Sons
1961
University of the South
Guerry Hall
1609 Riverside Road
Sewanee, TN, US
Instrument ID: 1011 ● Builder ID: 2792 ● Location ID: 983
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (58 Notes)27 Note Pedal3 Divisions16 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Database Manager on May 5th, 2017:
Updated by William Dunklin, who has heard or played the organ.
Updated by William Dunklin, who has heard or played the organ.
Database Manager on November 15th, 2006:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Built by Henry Pilcher's Sons in 1891, for First Baptist, Griffin, GA original opus number unknown. Moved to the All Saints Chapel at the University in 1928 by Pilcher as Op. 1456.5 for $1800. Moved to Guerry Hall in 1959 when a Casavant was installed in All Saints Chapel. 5 ranks were used in a 1993 Milnar organ for St. Luke's Chapel at University of the South. The chassis was moved to Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist, Knoxville, TN c 1997.
Related Instrument Entries: Henry Pilcher's Sons (1891) , Bradley Rule / B. Rule & Co. (Opus 8, 1997)
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