Henry Pilcher's Sons
Opus 850, 1914
Methodist Episcopal Church
110 S Walnut Street
Rising Sun, IN, US
9 Ranks
Instrument ID: 16649 ● Builder ID: 2792 ● Location ID: 15158
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CONSOLES
Builder: Henry Pilcher's Sons
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
2 Manuals 3 Divisions11 StopsTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Key ActionTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Organ cost $3000 in 1914. -- information from video, "History in Your Backyard" website
Database Manager on February 27th, 2007:
Updated through on-line information from Zach Young. -- Originally tubular-pneumatic; now solid-state. 8' Trumpet added by Miller. -- [ed.: see related entry]
Database Manager on April 6th, 2005:
Identified through information in Volume V p. 49 of the Pilcher factory ledger and the list of Pilcher organs typed by William E. Pilcher of Louisville. For more information see the document referenced below.
Related Instrument Entries: Miller Pipe Organ Co. / Miller Organ Service, LLC (2006)
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