Henry Pilcher's Sons
Opus 1473, 1929
First Baptist Church
208 Austin Avenue
Brownwood, TX, US
18 Ranks - 1,309 Pipes
Instrument ID: 17626 ● Builder ID: 2792 ● Location ID: 16043
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STOPLISTS
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| Great (II - Expressive) | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason🛈 | 73 |
| 8' | Gross Flute🛈 | 73 |
| 8' | Gamba🛈 | 73 |
| 8' | Gemshorn🛈 | 73 |
| 4' | Hohl Flute🛈 | 73 |
| Tremolo | ||
| Chimes🛈 | ||
| 16' | Great to Great | |
| Great Unison Off | ||
| 4' | Great to Great | |
| 16' | Swell to Great | |
| 8' | Swell to Great | |
| 4' | Swell to Great | |
| 16' | Choir to Great | |
| 8' | Choir to Great | |
| 4' | Choir to Great |
| Swell (III - Expressive) | ||
| 16' | Bourdon🛈 | 73 |
| 8' | English Diapason🛈 | 73 |
| 8' | Gedeckt🛈 | 12 Bourdon |
| 8' | Viol d’Orchestra🛈 | 73 |
| 8' | Salicional🛈 | 73 |
| 8' | Voix Celeste🛈 | 61 |
| 4' | Orchestral Flute🛈 | 12 Bourdon |
| 2 2⁄3' | Quint🛈 | Bourdon |
| 2' | Piccolo🛈 | Bourdon |
| 8' | Oboe | 73 |
| 8' | Vox Humana | 73 |
| Tremolo | ||
| All Swells to Swell | ||
| 16' | Swell to Swell | |
| Swell Unison Off | ||
| 4' | Swell to Swell |
| Choir (I - Expressive) | ||
| 8' | Violin Diapason🛈 | 73 |
| 8' | Concert Flute🛈 | 73 |
| 8' | Dulciana🛈 | 73 |
| 4' | Rohr Flute🛈 | 73 |
| 8' | Clarinet | 73 |
| Tremolo | ||
| 16' | Choir to Choir | |
| Choir Unison Off | ||
| 4' | Choir to Choir | |
| 16' | Swell to Choir | |
| 8' | Swell to Choir | |
| 4' | Swell to Choir |
| Pedal🛈 | ||
| 16' | Open Diapason | 12 GT Diapason |
| 16' | Bourdon🛈 | 32 |
| 16' | Lieblich Gedeckt | SW |
| 8' | Dolce Flute🛈 | 12 Bourdon |
| 8' | Cello | GT Gamba |
| 8' | Great to Pedal | |
| 8' | Swell to Pedal | |
| 8' | Choir to Pedal |
Received from Aaron Jackson on 2/9/2026
Originally Written/Published: 1929
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CONSOLES
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Builder: Henry Pilcher's Sons
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions26 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Database Manager on September 14th, 2017:
Updated by Joseph Lahmann, who gave this as the source of the information: Staff Organist of FBC.\
Updated by Joseph Lahmann, who gave this as the source of the information: Staff Organist of FBC.\
Database Manager on May 4th, 2017:
Updated by Joseph Lahmann, who has heard or played the organ.
Database Manager on April 7th, 2005:
Identified through information in Vol VII p. 161 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.
Database Manager on April 7th, 2005:
Ledger index says reeds voiced by Syl Kohler
Related Instrument Entries: Schantz Organ Co. (Opus 1745, 1983)
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