Henry Pilcher's Sons
1897
St. Sebastian Church
5589 Bismark Road
Bismarck, Huron County, OH, US
10 Ranks - 576 Pipes
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STOPLISTS
| GREAT🛈 | ||
| Tremolo | ||
| 8' | Principal | |
| 8' | Melodia | |
| 8' | Salicional | |
| 4' | Octave |
| SWELL🛈 | ||
| 16' | Bourdon | |
| 8' | Geigen Principal | |
| 8' | Lieblich Gedackt | |
| 4' | Harmonique Flute | |
| 2' | Flautino |
| PEDAL🛈 | ||
| 16' | Sub Bass |
| COUPLERS 🛈 | ||
| “Off” Swell to Pedal “On” | ||
| “Off” Great to Pedal “On” | ||
| “Off” Swell to Great “On” |
| ACCESSORIES | ||
| Mechanical sliding wind indicator🛈 | ||
| Balanced wooden Swell shoe for Swell expression | ||
| Mechanical foot lever🛈 | ||
| Mechanical foot lever🛈 |
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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: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)27 Note Pedal3 Divisions10 Stops11 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Pipe Organs of Columbus, OHS, 2022:
Catholics in the settlement of Bismarck, Huron County, Ohio, had unified to build St. Sebastian Church. In 1897 the parish purchased the Pilcher organ for $1,400. The organ ultimately survived a 1940 fire in the church. In 1988 Leek Pipe Organs of Oberlin, Ohio, sensitively rebuilt the organ. The building was shuttered in 2005, and the congregation merged as part of a clustering initiative to be based at St. Gaspar del Buffalo, Bellevue, Ohio.
History of St. Sebastian Church (website, archived, accessed 2022-08-10:
The original log chapel was replaced in 1857 by the present brick church, 40 x 72 feet in size. Its cornerstone was laid on August 5 of that year. The present pastoral residence and school, both brick buildings, were erected between 1867 and 1868. A frame school house was built in 1862, about two miles from the church, for the convenience of the children in that section of the parish. No notable improvements were made in or about the church property for a number of years, until 1894, when the church was thoroughly renovated, both exterior and interior, and thus made very attractive, which it is even at the present time. In 1897 a $1,400 pipe organ replaced the old time worn instrument. [Ed.: builder unknown at this time]
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