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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1454 (1966)

Church Street Methodist Episcopal Church
709 West Hill Avenue
Knoxville, TN

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
37 stops
52 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb 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. [Source: Church archives] -Database Manager

2015-12-07 - Contract signed in 1964; installed 1965–1966. Tonal finishing by Don Gilette in 1966. Dedication recital by Alec Wyton, 1966. Source, email from Randall Dyer. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Aeolian-Skinner Archives web site Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Knoxville, Tennessee
Church Street Methodist Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1454   1964    3 manuals, 37 stops, 47 ranks
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        GREAT ORGAN (2½" wind)                        SWELL ORGAN (4" wind)
    16' Quintaton              61                 16' Flute Conique          73
     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 (fr. 16) --
     2' Super Octave           61                  4' Prestant               61
    IV  Fourniture            244                  4' Flute Harmonique       61
     8' Trompette Harmonique   73 a                2' Lieblich Prinzipal     61
     4' Trompette Harmonique   --             III-IV  Plein Jeu             226
        Chimes (existing)      25 tubes           16' Fagotto (L/2)          73
        Bells                                      8' Trompette              61
                                                   8' Fagotto (fr. 16')      --
        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               44 b
     4' Spitzflöte             61                 16' Contra Bass            32 c
 2 2/3' Rohrnasat              61                 16' Sub Bass (fr. 32')     --
     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                44 c
        Tremulant                                  8' Spitzflöte             32 c
     8' Trompette Harmonique   GT                  4' Choralbass             32
     4' Trompette Harmonique   GT                  4' Gedeckt (fr. 8')       --
                                                 III  Mixture                96
                                                  32' Contre Bombarde (L/2)  12 d
                                                  16' Bombarde               56
                                                  16' Fagotto                SW
    (a) #2 French, hooded, 15" wind,               8' Trompette (fr. 16')    --
          not affected by couplers                 8' Cromorne               CH
    (b) 1-12 old open wood w/ stoppers added       4' Clairon   (fr. 16')    --
    (c) old pipes revoiced on job                  4' Cromorne               CH
    (d) half-length, 8" wind                          Chimes                 GT


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2013-11-14]

Websites

Opus 1454: Church Street Methodist Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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