Better Pipe Organ Database

Richards, Fowkes & Co. Opus 7 (1998)

Westminster Presbyterian Church
6500 Northshore Drive
Knoxville, TN

Images

2013-10-07 - Organ case and pipes (Photograph by Dorothy Young Riess, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2013-10-07 - Console (Photograph by Dorothy Young Riess/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Dorothy Young Riess/Database Manager)

2008-03-17 - Chancel and organ (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2008-03-17 - Keydesk (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
2 manuals
25 stops
25 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2005-10-19 - Identified through online information from James David Mason. -- Vogelgesang Zymbelstern Flexible winding through two wedge bellows Unequal temperament by Kellner, 1979 Wind pressure: 69 mm -Database Manager

2005-10-23 - Updated through online information from James David Mason. -- See also the Catherine Walters Marsh Memorial Organ (Alfred Lunsford, 1969) in the Chapel of this church. -Database Manager

2007-05-30 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. [Source: Knoxville AGO web site] -Database Manager

2013-10-23 - Updated through online information from Dorothy Young Riess. -- I recently played this instrument. It is in excellent condition in a reverberant space. -Database Manager

2017-05-05 - Updated by James David Mason (OHS member), who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>http://musicaorgani.org/MusicaOrgani/Musica_Organi.html<br><br>I maintain this website on the Westminster organ. It includes construction history and a complete listing of recitals/programs from the endowed Musica Organi series. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Richard, Fowkes website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Knoxville, Tennessee
    Westminster Presbyterian Church

    Richard, Fowkes   Op. 7   1998   2/33
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    GREAT               SWELL                 PEDAL
16' Quintadena       8' Gedackt           16' Subbaß
 8' Principal        8' Viol d'Gamba       8' Octave
 8' Rohrflöte        8' Viol Celeste tc    8' Gedackt
 4' Octave           4' Octave             4' Octave
 4' Spitzflöte       4' Rohrflöte         16' Posaune
 3' Nasard           2' Gemshorn           8' Trompet
 2' Octave       3'/II  Quint/Sesqui
    Mixture             Scharff               Tremulant
 8' Trompet         16' Dulcian               Zymblestern
                     8' Schalmey              Vogelgesang

    Temperament Kellner

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield June 27, 2014]