Henry Pilcher's Sons
Opus 794, 1913
Christ Church, Episcopal
663 Douglas St.
Chattanooga, TN, US
19 Ranks - 1,113 Pipes
Instrument ID: 17518 ● Builder ID: 2792 ● Location ID: 15939
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions19 Stops21 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ CrescendoStop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
The church interior was completed according to plans by Ralph Adams Cram.
Database Manager on April 26th, 2006:
Updated through on-line information from William Barger. -- This organ was moved to the back gallery of the church by Norville Hall and Associates, Mentone, Alabama, in 1960. The work was not well done, and the instrument was never at all satisfactory. In the late 1960s/early 1970s, the pipes were sold one at a time to the congregation and the remainder of the organ scrapped. A Möller Artiste (4-rank) from St. Mark's Episcopal, Dalton GA, was installed in the gallery until the present Richards, Fowkes instrument was installed. The façade pipes on both sides are still extant as is the 16' First Open Diapason. Many of these pipes played on both the Swell and Great, and it was most unsatisfactory to be missing those notes when the rest of the organ was moved to the rear gallery. The first open diapason is the only front stop that was playable after the rest of the organ was moved.
Database Manager on April 7th, 2005:
Identified through information in Volume V p. 6 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.
Database Manager on April 7th, 2005:
Pilcher made repairs and moved the console as their Op. 1528.5 in 1930.
Related Instrument Entries: Henry Pilcher's Sons (Opus 1528.5, 1930)
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