1987-05-09 - Exposed Great pipes (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
1987-05-09 - Organ (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2007-05-30 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2009-09-22 - Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -- This organ was sold to Gatlinburg Presbyterian Church and installed there by William Dunklin in the summer of 1998 without significant alterations. -Database Manager
2014-07-28 - Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -Database Manager
2018-12-26 - Updated by Josiah Riddle, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager
2023-05-09 - This instrument was built for the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Church (after 1982 Unitarian Universalist). The unit 8' Principal, the unit 3-rank mixture, and the bottom 12 notes of the pedal 16' Subbass were exposed on the stage immediately behind the clergy seats. The tenor C Gemshorn, Gedeckt and Fagot were enclosed in a chamber on the left as looking at the pulpit. The console and choir seats were located above and behind the exposed "Great" division. Possibly a unique feature was a set of 3 exposed swell shades opening into the choir balcony which were in easy reach of the organist's right hand but had no swell motor. The organist opened or closed the shades as desired to adjust the volume that the choir and organist received. When the congregation relocated to a new facility in 1998 the Schantz organ was sold to Gatlinburg Presbyterian Church in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and installed there without changes by William Dunklin, former organist/music director of this church. -William Dunklin
Original document from James R. Stettner. Source: Stoplist copied from the console May 1987
Knoxville, Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church
SCHANTZ ORGAN CO., Opus 1417, 1976 - Original Specifications
GREAT (Expressive *) SWELL (Expressive) PEDAL (Expressive *)
8 Principal 8 Gedackt 16 Brummbass
8 Gedackt (*) 8 Gemshorn 8 Principal
8 Gemshorn (*) 4 Gedackt 8 Gedackt (*)
4 Octave 4 Gemshorn 4 Octave
4 Gedackt (*) 2 Gedackt 4 Gedackt (*)
2 Super Octave 1-1/3 Gemshorn III Mixture
III Mixture 1 Gemshorn 16 Fagot (*)
16 Fagot (*) 8 Fagot 8 Fagot (*)
8 Fagot (*) Tremulant 4 Fagot (*)
STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16 Brummbass (Ped) 12 Extension of 8' Gedackt. Unenclosed.
8 Principal (Gt/Ped) 61
8 Gedackt (Sw/Gt/Ped) 61
8 Gemshorn (Sw/Gt) –- 1-12 borrowed from 8' Gedackt.
4 Octave (Gt/Ped) 12 Extension of 8' Principal.
4 Gedackt (Sw/Gt/Ped) 12 Extension of 8' Gedackt.
4 Gemshorn (Sw) 61
2 Super Octave (Gt) 12 Extension of the 8' Principal.
2 Gedackt (Sw) 12 Extension of 8' Gedackt.
1-1/3 Gemshorn (Sw) –- Derived from the Gemshorn unit.
1 Gemshorn (Sw) 12 Extension of 4' Gemshorn. Top 8ve
repeats.
III Mixture (Gt/Ped) 183 Beginning composition: 15-19-22.
16 Fagot (Gt/Ped) 12 Extension of 8' Fagot.
8 Fagot (Sw/Gt/Ped) 61
4 Fagot (Ped) –- From the 8' Fagot.
Tremulant Affects only the expressive stops.
PIPE SUMMARY
Principal Gedackt Gemshorn Mixture Fagot
85 pipes 97 pipes 73 pipes 183 pipes 73 pipes
COUPLERS FINGER PISTONS
None General [preset] 1 & 2
PEDAL MOVEMENTS TOE STUDS
Expression (bal.) General [preset] 3 & 4
Crescendo (bal.)
ACTION: E-P unit VOICES: 5 STOPS: 26 RANKS: 7 PIPES: 511
NOTES
The Principal (8-4-2) and III Mixture are non-expressive and exposed
at the front, as is 16' extension of the Gedackt along the right wall.
The Gedackt, Gemshorn, and Fagot are under expression in an elevated
front choir gallery chamber. The console is also in the front gallery.
The skirt woodwork is painted a drab green as are the 16' Brummbass
pipes.
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Church moved to a new facility in 1998 and
sold the organ to Gatlinburg Presbyterian for $15,000.00. They acquired
a 'new' organ from Bradley Rule & Co. of New Market, Tennessee – made
from a recycled 1891 Henry Pilchers Sons organ.
Sources: Schantz opus list; OHS Database; JRS; extant organ
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Church
3219 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN. 37919
(865) 523-4176 Documented: May, 1987
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