Nashville, Tennessee

Belmont Heights Baptist Church

Builder:        Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
   Year:        1968
   Opus:        1504

No. manuals:    3
No. stops:      47
No. ranks:      54
No. pipes:      2,918
 
 
 
                GREAT ORGAN                           SWELL ORGAN
            16' Quintaton             61           8' Bourdon               61
             8' Principal             61           8' Viole de Gambe        61
             8' Rohrflöte             61           8' Viole Celeste         61
             4' Octave                61           4' Prestant              61
             4' Spitzflöte            61           4' Flute Harmonique      61
             2' Blockflöte            61           2' Octavin               61
            II  Sesquialtera (TC)     98        IV-V  Plein Jeu            280
         IV-VI  Mixture              330          16' Basson                61
             8' Trompete              61           8' Trompette             61
                Tremulant                          4' Hautbois              61
             8' Festival Trumpet      61              Tremulant
             4' Festival Trumpet      12
                Chimes (existing)     25 tubes        PEDAL ORGAN
                                                  32' Resultant             --
                CHOIR ORGAN                       16' Principal             32
            16' Kontra Erzähler       61          16' Subbass               32
             8' Gedeckt               61          16' Quintaton             GT
             8' Erzähler              12          16' Kontra Erzähler       CH
             8' Erzähler Celeste (TC) 49           8' Octave                32
             4' Principal             61           8' Gedeckt               12
             4' Spillflöte            61           8' Erzähler              CH
             2' Octave                61           4' Choralbass            32
         1 1/3' Quint                 61           2' Nachthorn             32
          IV-V  Scharf               285          IV  Mixture              128
             8' Krummhorn             61          32' Kontra Posaune        12
                Tremulant                         16' Posaune               32
             8' Festival Trumpet      GT           8' Trompete              12
             4' Festival Trumpet      GT           4' Schalmei              32

          

Source: Allen Kinzey

Photo Source: Jeff Scofield

Notes: The Great and Pedal are functionally displayed on a shelf above and behind the choir loft, to each side of the baptismal window. The rest of the organ is installed in chambers to each side of the Great and Pedal. The sanctuary is a large colonial-style room seating nearly 1,800, with a wrap-around balcony. When visited in December of 1992, the sanctuary was not being used due to boiler problems and lack of funds for repairs. The sanctuary has around 3-4 seconds of reverberation and the organ sounded wonderful – it was fun to play. In 2005, the church property was sold to adjacent Belmont University. The organ is now used as a teaching instrument for their School of Music. The sanctuary will be altered in the front to convert it into a concert hall.

Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=35849