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Schantz Organ Co. Opus 303 (1957)

Bell Avenue Baptist Church: Sanctuary
4615 Asheville Highway
Knoxville, TN

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1987-09-10 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1987-09-10 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1987-09-10 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1957-06-07 - Choir loft and organ (Schantz publicity photograph; digital image by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1957-06-07 - Church exterior (Schantz publicity photograph; digital image by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
21 stops
38 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-05-30 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. [Source: <i>Diapason</i> announcement.] -Database Manager

2008-03-20 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Console later moved to front right on the floor; church merged with McCalla Ave. Baptist in 1987 to form Chilhowee Hills Baptist in Bell Ave. facility. Sanctuary expanded in 2004 to 2,500-seat worship center and console disconnected. The pipes are still in-chamber, and the console sits by the welcome center counter. -Database Manager

2011-07-12 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2012-04-30 - Updated through online information from Randall C. Maynard. -- Organ was sold to R.A. Colby - Johnson City, TN in October 2011 and has been parted out and individual ranks now offered for sale. -Database Manager

2015-05-14 - Updated through online information from Randall Dyer. -- The organ originally had only 24 ranks. The Great 2' Super Octave was a double-draw from the Mixture, and the Pedal Bourdon and Choir 2 2/3' Nasard stops were extended from the Choir 8' Bourdon -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> November 1956 and from the console September 1987 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Knoxville, Tennessee
Bell Avenue Baptist Church

SCHANTZ ORGAN CO., Opus 303, 1957 - 4/24
_______________________________________________
     
<u>GREAT</u>                                        <u>SWELL (Expressive)</u>
8'     Open Diapason             61          16'    Rohr Gedeckt              12
8'     Hohl Flute                61          8'     Rohrflöte
8'     Gemshorn          [prep]  --          8'     Viole d'Gamba
4'     Octave                    61          8'     Viole Celeste
2'     Fifteenth                 61          4'     Geigen Principal
III    Fourniture    [II + 2']  122          4'     Rohr Gedeckt              12
       Tremulant                             III    Plein Jeu
       Chimes                   (2_)         16'    Contra Fagotto    [prep]  --
                                             8'     Trompette
 Sub                                         4'     Clarion                   12                        
 Unison Off                                         Tremulant
 Super 
                                             Sub
                                             Unison Off
<u>SOLO (Expressive)</u>                            Super
8'     Flute Conique
8'     Flute Celeste
8'     English Horn                          <u>CHOIR (Expressive)</u>
8'     Vox Humana        [prep]  --          8'     Bourdon
       Tremulant                             8'     Dulciana
8'     Bombarde                              8'     Unda Maris
4'     Clarion                   12          4'     Koppel Flöte
                                             2 2/3' Nazard            (Bour)
Sub                                          2'     Flautino          (K.F.)  12
Unison Off                                  *1 3/5' Tierce            [prep]  --
Super                                        8'     Clarinet
                                                    Tremulant

<u>PEDAL</u>                                        Sub
16'    Open Diapason             32          Unison Off
16'    Bourdon             (Ch)  12          Super
16'    Rohr Gedeckt        (Sw)  --    
10 2/3' Quint                    --
8'     Octave                    12     
8'     Bourdon             (Ch)  --
8'     Rohrflöte           (Sw)  --
4'     Super Octave              12
16'    Double Trumpet      (Sw)  12
8'     Trumpet             (Sw)  --
4'     Clarion             (Sw)  --


[Received online from Jeff Scofield - July 15, 2011]
[Corrected & Updated by James R. Stettner - March 12, 2020]

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