St. James Episcopal
413 Olive Street Texarkana, Texas
Important Announcement
The OHS Pipe Organ Database has begun the journey to its new home.
After a period of testing, a the address of the new site will be posted here.
Please be prepared to update your links.
Henry Pilcher's Sons (1921, Opus 1103).
Current Status: no longer extant, parts dispersed. (Last update 2009-04-07.)
2 manuals. 11 stops.
Electric key action.
The organ is in center chambers at the front of the room with visible façade pipes or case front.
Traditional style console.
Console in fixed position, right.
Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position.
Additional notes.
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. (Elizabeth Schmitt. 2005-04-07)
Original price: $3000 (Elizabeth Schmitt. 2005-04-07)
Updated through on-line information from Fr Douglas Anderson. -- This Pilcher organ was substantially rebuilt in the 1980s. In 2009, a new Reuter organ replaced the Pilcher. A small number of wooden pipes were retained in the new organ. (Database Manager. 2009-04-07)
On Line Documents
Pilcher Organs. Summary of Pilcher Sources by Soosie Schmitt. Document Date: 2005-04-05. Unpublished monograph (The document is a PDF file and will open in a new window or tab.
)
Effective September 1, 2010 this copy of the OHS Pipe Organ Database no longer accepts updates to its contents.
The Database itself and its associated web interface will still function for purposes of conducting searches and viewing
contents, but new entries will not be accepted.
When the move has been completed and the new site fully tested, a link to the new site will be posted here.
The new site is expected to "go public" and be fully operational, accepting both updates and additions, by
September 10 at the latest.
