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Henry Pilcher's Sons (Opus 1918, 1940)

Location:

West End Baptist
Petersburg, VA US
Organ ID: 17816

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Baptist Churches
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jeff Scofield on April 07, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 19 ranks. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 19 stops. 28 registers.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 19
  • Registers: 28
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
We received the most recent update for this console from Jeff Scofield on April 07, 2022.
Database Manager on January 08, 2015:

Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- Article in The Diapason, December 2014, p20 indicates the instrument was rebuilt by Phillip Beaudry & Co in 1982-84. Instrument was left behind in the building when the church [community] subsequently relocated out of the city.

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. VIII p. 177 of the Pilcher factory ledger and a list of 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: $8647

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
From THE DIAPASON July 1940: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jeff Scofield on April 07, 2022.
Write-up from THE DIAPASON July 1940: Open In New Tab Stoplist and description
Document created on 1940-07-01
We received the most recent update for this document from Jeff Scofield on April 07, 2022.

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