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Schantz Organ Co. Opus 2043 (1993)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
110 N. Main St.
Greeneville, TN

Images

2023-04-17 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-04-17 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-04-17 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-04-17 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-04-17 - Console, choir and chamber (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-04-17 - Antiphonal chamber grille (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-04-17 - Church interior to rear and Antiphonal (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-04-17 - Church interior from balcony (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-04-17 - Chancel and chambers (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-04-17 - Church interior floor to front (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2009-09-17 - 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
40 stops
25 registers
5 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-09-21 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Retained four ranks from previous organ as an Antiphonal -Database Manager

2017-05-17 - Updated by David Hendricksen, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>As of 2012, the Antiphonal division is no longer functional. It is disconnected, but remains in place. David Hendricksen, church organist 2002-present<br><br>The instrument is 27 ranks, rather than 28 as listed. One rank of the Great Mixture IV is derived from the 2' Fifteenth. Thus the mixture pipe count is 183 and not 244. -Database Manager

2023-04-19 - From Wikipedia: The present brick building was erected in 1848. In 1928, a fire destroyed the interior of the sanctuary; however, the brick walls were fortunately left intact. In 1940, the name was changed to First Presbyterian Church, as it exists today. In 1905, the first pipe organ, an Estey Organ, was purchased and subsequently installed. In 1924, the organ was improved by the M. P. Möller Company of Hagerstown, Maryland. The instrument was two manuals and pedal, of 20 ranks. This instrument was destroyed by a fire in 1928 that gutted the interior of the sanctuary. The congregation quickly rebuilt, replacing the organ with essentially the same instrument. In 1945, a three rank antiphonal division was installed in the balcony. In 1964, a new three manual instrument was built by the Greenwood Organ Company of Charlotte, North Carolina. This was a 21 rank instrument, including the antiphonal division. Much of the pipework from the previous Möller instrument was re-voiced and re-used, with 10 ranks being new A set of chimes was also added to the instrument at this time. In the early 1990s, the Schantz Organ Company of Orrville, Ohio was contracted to build a new instrument of 27 ranks and 1,630 pipes. Fifteen ranks of pipes were completely new (essentially the Great and Choir divisions), while some pipes and materials were carried over from the 1964 instrument. The organ is split in chambers on either side of the chancel, with the Great and Choir on the left, and the Swell and Pedal on the right. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console September 17, 2009 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Greeneville, Tennessee
     First Presbyterian Church

     Schantz   Op. 2043   1993   3/27

     GREAT                            SWELL
  8' Diapason 61                  16' Gedeckt 61                 
  8' Bordun 61                     8' Principal 61
  4' Octave 61                     8' Gedeckt 12
  2' Fifteenth 61                  8' Salicional 61
 IV  Fourniture 183 *              8' Voix Celeste 49
  8' Trumpet 61                    4' Octave 12
  8' Krummhorn CH                  4' Spitzflöte 61
     Unison Off                    2' Flöte 12
     Super                         8' Hautbois 61
     Chimes                           Tremulant
                                      Sub
     ANTIPHONAL                       Unison Off
  8' Melodia 61                       Super
  8' Viola 61
  8' Viol Celeste 49                  CHOIR
  8' Vox Humana 61                 8' Rohrflöte 61
     Tremulant                     8' Gedeckt SW
                                   8' Salicional SW
     PEDAL                         8' Voix Celeste SW
 32' Resultant --                  4' Koppelflöte 61
 16' Brummbass 32              2 2/3' Nasat 61
 16' Gedeckt SW                    2' Principal 61
  8' Principal 32              1 3/5' Terz 49 tc
  8' Bordun 12                 1 1/3' Quint 61
  4' Choralbass 12                 8' Krummhorn 61
  2' Octave 12                        Tremulant
 16' Double Trumpet 12 GT             Sub
  8' Trumpet GT                       Unison Off
  4' Krummhorn CH                     Super

  *  Draws 2' Fifteenth

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield September 23, 2009.]

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