First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary; front
128 N Main St.
Mount Pleasant, TN
Images
2013-04-29 - Keydesk: Kilgen expression shoe (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2024-09-17 - Keydesk: Swell and Pedal stops (Melvin Potts/Jim Stettner)
2024-09-17 - Keydesk: Great stops and couplers (Melvin Potts/Jim Stettner)
2013-04-29 - Keydesk from right (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2013-04-29 - Keydesk from left (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2013-04-29 - Stenciled facade (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2013-04-29 - Sanctuary interior showing organ in front (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2013-04-29 - Sanctuary interior showing organ in front (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2013-04-29 - Church exterior (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2024-09-17 - Console (Melvin Potts/Jeff Scofield)
2024-09-17 - Facade (Melvin Potts/Jeff Scofield)
2024-09-17 - Kilgen nameplate (Melvin Potts/Jeff Scofield)
2024-09-17 - Milnar nameplate (Melvin Potts/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 11 stops
- 13 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: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Playable in 1996, with problems & some dead notes. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - The original builder was George Jardine (1853). -Database Manager
2005-04-13 - Couplers affect entire Pedal compass, but Bourdon has only 17 pipes. -Database Manager
2005-08-23 - On-line update from Melvin Potts -- The organ was restored by the Milnar Organ Company of Eagleville, TN. It is in regular use each Sunday. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: from Historic Pipe Organs of East Tennessee / Updated from drawknob photos Date not recorded
Mount Pleasant, Tennessee
First Presbyterian Church
Henry Pilcher's Sons c.1900 2 manuals, 11 ranks
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GREAT
Gr. 8 ft. Op. Diapason 61
Gr. 8 ft. Dulciana (TC) 49
Gr. 8 ft. Melodia (TC) 49
Gr. 8 ft. Unison Bass 12
Gr. 4 ft. Octave 61
Gr. 2 ft. Fifteenth 61
SWELL (Expressive)
Sw. 8 ft. Salicional (TC) 49
Sw. 8 ft. Aeoline (TC) 49
Sw. 8 ft. St. Diapason (TC) 49
Sw. 8 ft. St. Diapason Bass 12
Sw. 4 ft. Flute Harmonique 61
Sw. 8 ft. Oboe (TC) 49
Sw. Tremolo
PEDAL
Ped. 16 ft. Bourdon 17
COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Coupler Sw. to Ped.
Coupler Gr. to Ped.
Coupler Sw. to Gr.
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2018-08-07]
[Corrected & Updated by James R. Stettner 2023-02-09]
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