Fifth Avenue Baptist Church: Sanctuary
2500 E. Fifth Ave.
Knoxville, TN
Images
2021-08-04 - Swell main chest. Right to left, Oboe, Voix Celeste, Geigen Diapason, Salicional, Stopped Diapason, Vox (not visible). (Photograph by William Dunklin/William Dunklin)
2021-08-04 - Swell main chest. Front to back Oboe, Voix Celeste, Geigen Diapason, Salicional, Stopped Diapason, Vox Humana (in box) (Photograph by William Dunklin/William Dunklin)
1987-09-10 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
1987-09-10 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
1987-09-10 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 3 manuals
- 31 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)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2007-05-31 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. [Source: Möller opus list] -Database Manager
2008-03-23 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2012-04-30 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2021-08-05 - The organ was inspected on August 4, 2021. The 12 ranks that comprise the Great, Choir and Pedal are in good working order and the organ is in regular use. This is the chamber on the right as seen from the sanctuary. The 6 rank Swell division has been damaged by a leaking roof and falling ceiling plaster and has been shut off. The extent of the damage beyond a handful of damaged pipes is undetermined.
At the console, the combination action and the three (3) toe studs are not functioning. (Great to Pedal Reversible, Sforzando and Combination Set) The intra-manual coupler tabs are replacements from the originals.
The +/- 1000 seat auditorium is in generally good condition. -William Dunklin
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist copied from the factory specifications; updated after 2021-08-04 visit 1941 and August 4, 2021
Knoxville, Tennessee
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Möller Op. 6988 1941 3/18
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GREAT (Exp. w/Choir) CHOIR (Expressive)
8' Open Diapason 61 8' Viola 73
8' Claribel Flute 73 8' Concert Flute 73
8' Gemshorn 73 8' Dulciana 61
4' Octave 73 8' Unda Maris 61
4' Rohr Flute 73 4' Rohr Flute GT
8' Trumpet 73 4' Dulciana 12
Chimes (21) 2 2/3' Dulciana 12th 7
Sub 2' Dulciana 15th 5
Unison Off 8' Clarinet 73
Super Tremulant
Chimes (Gt) --
SWELL (Expressive) Sub
16' Bourdon 61 Unison Off
8' Geigen Diapason 73 Super
8' Stopped Diapason 12
8' Salicional 73
8' Vox Celeste (tc) 61 PEDAL
4' Orchestral Flute 12 16' Open Diapason (Gt) 12
2 2/3' Flute Twelfth 7 16' Bourdon (in Gt/Ch) 32
2' Piccolo 5 16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) --
8' Oboe 73 8' Flute Major 12
8' Vox Humana 73 8' Dolce Flute (Sw) --
Tremulant 8' Salicional (Sw) --
Sub
Unison Off
Super
NOTES
The Choir 8' Unda Maris, while a tenor C rank, plays the bottom
octave of the Dulciana.
[Received online from Jeff Scofield April 28, 2012]
[Updated by William Dunklin August 5, 2021]
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