Pipe Organ Database

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Henry Pilcher's Sons (Opus 723, 1911)

Location:

First Methodist Episcopal Church South
129 West Hutchison Street
San Marcos, TX 78666 US
Organ ID: 17768

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Methodist Churches
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is playable, but not in usable condition.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Julius Coyle on September 28, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 2 manuals. 18 stops.
All:
  • Position: In center chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
We received the most recent update for this division from Julius Coyle on September 28, 2023.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Stops: 18
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
We received the most recent update for this console from Julius Coyle on September 28, 2023.
Julius Coyle on September 28, 2023:

Correction to my 9/22/15 comment. I cannot be sure that Otto Hofmann gave this organ a new console in the 1950s. The picture at https://pipeorgandatabase.org/organ/59408 shows an attached console, as it would've been in 1911, and I am not sure whether this is the original console or a new one.

We received the most recent update for this note from Julius Coyle on September 28, 2023.
Database Manager on August 22, 2016:

Updated through online information from William Dunklin.
According to the church website, the organ was electrified in 1924. As of 2016 the organ's pipe-fence facade and casework remain largely unchanged.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on September 22, 2015:

Updated through online information from Julius Coyle. -- The organ was rebuilt and given a new console by Otto Hofmann in the mid-1950s.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on April 07, 2005:

Identified through information in Vol IV p. 92 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: $3250

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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