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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