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Builder: H. Pilcher & Sons
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2 Manuals 22 Stops

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Paul R. Marchesano on December 1st, 2025:

Replaced a W.B.D. Simmons & Co. organ. Information from ORGAN ID 67346:
The organ was sold in 1883 and replaced with a Pilcher.

Source: Mary F. Reilly and Emily Orr Clifford, A Century of History of the Walnut Street Presbyterian Church of Evansville, Indiana (Evansville: Kirkpatrick–Heim Ptg. Co., 1921), 153. Note that while Samuel Orr may indeed have been the wise, respected elder he is depicted as in this quote, the author—his granddaughter—may not be the most unbiased and reliable source.

Additional information on the organs at Walnut Street Presbyterian Church can be found on the Evansville, IN, AGO website at http://www.evansvilleago.org/organs/evvwalnutst_pres.htm.


Nathan Bienz on December 1st, 2025:

Purchased for $2,300, plus the proceeds of the sale of the old organ, in 1883. An electric blower was installed sometime before 1921, much to the relief of the congregation. "The vagaries of various organ blowers were many. Regularly 'Crazy Al' went to sleep during the sermon and had to be awakened by one of the bases at the lack of response in the organ. An electric motor installed was a joy, except when some practical joker turned off the switch in the room below, as happened lately."

Source: Mary F. Reilly and Emily Orr Clifford, A Century of History of the Walnut Street Presbyterian Church of Evansville, Indiana (Evansville: Kirkpatrick–Heim Ptg. Co., 1921), 120, 135.

It was replaced by an Austin (see instrument 13617) in the 1920s and sold to the Jefferson Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Source: http://www.evansvilleago.org/organs/evvwalnutst_pres.htm


Database Manager on April 6th, 2005:

Identified through information in a list of Pilcher organs typed by William E. Pilcher of Louisville. For more information see the document referenced below.


Database Manager on April 6th, 2005:

note Now have Casavant

Related Instrument Entries: Austin Organ Co. (1924)

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