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M. P. Möller Opus 2811 (1919)

Loew's (Lyric) Theatre
800-804 S. Gay St.
Knoxville, TN

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

Images

1920 - An ad in the March 7 1920 Knoxville Journal newspaper announcing the recent installation of the new Moller organ. (Photograph from an archival source: Knoxville Journal Newspaper Ad, submitted by William Dunklin/William Dunklin)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Horseshoe
3 manuals
16 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2007-05-30 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. [Source: Möller opus list and <i>Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ</i>] -Database Manager

2007-06-01 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- According to a post on cinematreasures.org, "The theatre was torn down with the organ still in the chambers in 1956 to make way for a department store that was never built." -Database Manager

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