Henry Pilcher's Sons (Opus 1086, 1921)

Location:

Grace Episcopal Church
102 E Live Oak St.
Cuero, TX 77954 US
Organ ID: 17663

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ is no longer a complete instrument; dispersed/parted out.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jeff Scofield on July 29, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 9 ranks. 530 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 9 stops. 10 registers.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on June 19, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 9
  • Registers: 10
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Jeff Scofield on July 29, 2021.
Jeff Scofield on June 25, 2021:

From the organ page of the church website: Remnants of [the Pilcher] are a chest of 16’ Bourdon pipes and a gold painted façade with 21 speaking pipes. In 1967 the organ from the original location of Trinity Episcopal Church in Victoria was being replaced. Their 1949 Kilgen #7413 was then installed here at Grace in place of most of the Pilcher previously mentioned, bringing the organ to 7.5 ranks. In 1984 a new blower, a 4’ Octave and 3-rank Mixture from Organ Supply were added. Franklin Pipe Organs assumed the service and care of the organ in 1987 and in 2002 rebuilt the main Kilgen chest with new playing action. In 2007 FPO added a new Ahlborn-Galanti AG2100 console, with its digital-pipe samples, along with a new digital relay to drive all the existing pipes. A Moeller 8’ Trumpet from the UMC Student Chapel at Texas A&M was added by swapping out certain whole ranks. Adding several other missing octaves, the end result was to make all of the stops on the Great “real”. The Swell shades and organ casework installed in 1967 were removed and an earlier panel facing the Altar area was opened up to better distribute the sound of the pipes into the whole church. Wind pressures were increased, articulation tweaked, and chiff on flutes was maximized to give the organ a crisp resounding presence in this historic wooden church.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jeff Scofield on June 25, 2021.

Database Manager on April 07, 2005:

Identified through information in Vol VI of the Pilcher factory ledgers and a list of Pilcher organs typed by William E. Pilcher of Louisville. 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 07, 2005:

Original price: $3975

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Taken from the factory ledger, via the OHS Archives: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jeff Scofield on July 29, 2021.
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.

Factory Specifications from Pilcher ledger, via the OHS Archives: Open In New Tab Factory specifications from the Pilcher ledger
We received the most recent update for this document from Jeff Scofield on July 29, 2021.

Instrument Images:

Church interior: Photograph by Victoria Crossroads AGO, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2019-01-09

Church exterior: Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2014-05-10