Pipe Organ Database

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Henry Pilcher [Jr. or II] (Opus 65, 1862)

Location:

Zion Synagogue
Chicago, IL US
Organ ID: 16445

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Status and Condition:

  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 8 ranks. 1 manuals. 10 stops.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 1
  • Stops: 10
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on January 24, 2016:

Updated through online information from John Igoe.
In Bynum Petty's book, this organ is identified with opus number 67.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on April 06, 2005:

Identified through information in the Pilcher factory ledgers and an emended page from a catalog of c. 1870. For more information see the document referenced below.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on April 06, 2005:

First volume of the Pilcher ledger says same as #17 & 18 (56n man, 17n ped). From Third Presbyterian, Springfield, IL (probably 1868)

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on April 06, 2005:

In the first lists, this organ was originally assigned number 46.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Pilcher Organs: Open In New Tab Summary of Pilcher Sources by Soosie Schmitt
Document created on 2005-04-05
We received the most recent update for this document from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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