Better Pipe Organ Database

Schantz Organ Co. Opus 1309 (1977)

South Knoxville Baptist Church/City Church
522 Sevier Avenue
Knoxville, TN

Images

2018 - Church exterior (Photograph by citychurchknox.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018 - Church interior angle (Photograph by citychurchknox.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018 - Church interior floor level (Photograph by citychurchknox.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018 - Church interior from balcony (Photograph by citychurchknox.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1987-09-23 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1987-09-23 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2012-12-03 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Display (Photograph by Randall Maynard/Database Manager)

2012-12-03 - Console (Photograph by Randall Maynard/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
26 stops
18 registers
4 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)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-05-30 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2008-03-29 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- A fire destroyed the sanctuary just after the contract was signed; the organ was installed in the new sanctuary. -Database Manager

2012-12-23 - Updated through online information from Randall Maynard. -Database Manager

2013-06-24 - Updated through online information from Randall Maynard. -Database Manager

2023-02-07 - Due to dwindling numbers, South Knoxville Baptist gave the building to City Church in August 2018; the organ is no longer used. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist from the console September 1987 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Knoxville, Tennessee
       South Knoxville Baptist Church

       Schantz   Op. 1309   1977   3/22
       ______________________________________

       GREAT                 SWELL
    8' Principal          8' Flute a Cheminee
    8' Gedackt            8' Viola de Gambe
    4' Octave             8' Viole Celeste
    2' Super Octave       4' Prestant
  III  Mixture            4' Flute a Cheminee 12
       Unison Off         2' Doublette        12
       Super            III  Plein Jeu
       Chimes             8' Trompette
                             Tremulant
       CHOIR                 Sub
    8' Bordun                Unison Off
    8' Gemshorn              Super
    4' Koppelflöte
2 2/3' Nasat                 PEDAL
    2' Flöte     12      16' Brummbass        12 GT
1 3/5' Terz              16' Flute a Cheminee 12 SW
    8' Schalmei           8' Principal
       Tremulant          8' Flute a Cheminee SW
       Sub                4' Octave           12
       Unison Off        16' Contre Trompette 12 SW
       Super

 [Received online from Jeff Scofield  July 14, 2011]