Kern Memorial United Methodist Church
451 E. Tennessee Avenue
Oak Ridge, TN
Images
2021-07-26 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-07-26 - Pedal stops over Swell keyboard (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-07-26 - Swell stops - left jamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-07-26 - Great stops - right jamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-07-26 - Keydesk (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-07-26 - Case (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-07-26 - Organ case and console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-07-26 - Chancel (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-07-26 - Church interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2007-08-17 - Nameplate (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 22 stops
- 25 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Notes
2007-06-01 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Barckhoff originally built for Reformed Church, New Paltz, New York. Replaced there 1928 by new Odell. Relocated to St. Paul's Lutheran, Kingston, New York. 2004 acquired by Kern Memorial United Methodist. Removed by Bradley Rule and parishioners. Lower case extensively repaired. Upper case new. Five-sectional facade containing 29 stenciled pipes arranged: 5-7-5-7-5. Stenciling new but based on patterns etched into pipes. 5 stops added to Great. One stop added to Swell. 5 stops added to Pedal. -Database Manager
2007-08-26 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- 1-17 of the Great 8' Open Diapason and 1-8 of the Pedal 8' Principal are en facade. The keydesk has been slightly modified from the original Barckhoff. Couplers are via On/Off finger pistons in the Great and Swell keyslips. The Tremolo affects the entire organ and is registered via a hitch-down foot lever with the Great Piano and Great Forte foot levers. -Database Manager
2013-12-28 - Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -Database Manager
2014-04-14 - Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -Database Manager
Stoplist
3 normal couplers. 2 combination pedals. Tremolo. Source: Builder website
Great Open Diapason 8, Melodia 8, Gemshorn 8, Principal 4, Flute D’Amour 4, Twelfth 2 2/3, Mixture IV, Fifteenth 2, Tierce 1 3/5, Trumpet 8
Swell Bourdon TC 16, Violin Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Salicional 8, Principal 4, Flute Harmonic 4, Flageolet 2, Mixture III, Oboe 8
Pedal Subbass 16, Principal 8, Gedeckt 8, Choral Bass 4, Trombone 16, Trumpet 8
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