Knoxville, Tennessee
Church Street Methodist Church
Builder: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
Contract Year: 1964
Install Year: 1966
Opus: 1454
No. manuals: 3
No. stops: 52
No. ranks: 47
No. pipes: 2,643
GREAT ORGAN (2½" wind) SWELL ORGAN (4" wind)
16' Quintaton 61 16' Flute Conique 61
8' Principal 61 8' Viola Pomposa 61
8' Bourdon 61 8' Viola Celeste 61
4' Octave 61 8' Rohrflöte 61
4' Koppelflöte 61 8' Flute Conique 12
2' Super Octave 61 4' Prestant 61
IV Fourniture 244 4' Flute Harmonique 61
8' Trompette Harmonique 61 a 2' Lieblich Prinzipal 61
4' Trompette Harmonique 12 a III-IV Plein Jeu 226
Chimes (existing) 25 tubes 16' Fagotto (L/2) 61
Bells 8' Trompette 61
8' Fagotto 12
CHOIR ORGAN (4" wind) 4' Rohrschalmei 61
8' Geigenprinzipal 61 Tremulant
8' Pommer Gedeckt 61
8' Erzähler 61 PEDAL ORGAN (5" wind)
8' Kleinerzähler (TC) 49 32' Sub Bass 12 b
4' Spitzflöte 61 16' Contra Bass 32 c
2 2/3' Rohrnasat 61 16' Sub Bass 32 c
2' Blockflöte 61 16' Quintaton GT
1 3/5' Tierce 61 16' Flute Conique SW
III Cymbel 183 8' Octave 32
8' Cromorne 61 8' Gedeckt 32 c
Tremulant 8' Spitzflöte 32 c
8' Trompette Harmonique GT a 4' Choralbass 32
4' Trompette Harmonique GT a 4' Gedeckt 12 c
III Mixture 96
32' Contre Bombarde 12 d
16' Bombarde 32
16' Fagotto SW
a #2 French, hooded, 15" wind, 8' Trompette 12
not affected by couplers 8' Cromorne CH
b old open wood w/ stoppers added 4' Clairon 12
c old pipes revoiced on job 4' Cromorne CH
d half-length, 8" wind Chimes GT
Source: Shop notes provided by Allen Kinzey
Notes: The church plant was built in the 1920s,
at which time a 4-manual Pilcher (which was originally destined for
First Methodist Church,
West Palm Beach, Fla., but rerouted to Knoxville when the West Palm
Beach church experienced Depression-related financial problems) was
installed in the tall Gothic nave. The chamber is actually a deep former
Sunday School room off the chancel on the second level. The Aeolian-Skinner
was installed in 1966 and rebuilt and enlarged to 59 ranks by Randall
Dyer in 1984. During the period from 2000-2006, the organ was enlarged
to 86 ranks by Randall Dyer with a new four-manual console. The sound
of the organ suffers some because of the deep chamber and the unsympathetic
acoustics - but what does get out sounds quite nice.
Photo Source: Jeff Scofield
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