Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 9089 (1958)

Central United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
201 E. Third Avenue
Knoxville, TN

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1940s)/Database Manager)

1987-09-23 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1988-02-15 - Swell Pipework (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2024-04-22 - Church interior from balcony (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-04-22 - Church interior (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-04-22 - Church interior from floor (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-04-22 - Organ case and console (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-04-22 - Church interior to rear (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-04-22 - Console (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-04-22 - Left stopamb (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-04-22 - Right stopjamb (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-04-22 - Console center (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-04-22 - Builder's nameplate (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-04-22 - Church exterior (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
35 stops
57 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-10-23 - Updated through online information from Bradley Jones. -Database Manager

2007-05-30 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Eleven-sectional facade spanning the full width of the chancel has 69 white pipes with yellow mouths arranged: 5-7-5-5-5-15-5-5-5-7-5. -Database Manager

2007-08-22 - Updated through online information from Tim Lett. -- Main organ consists of 37 ranks, gallery organ consists of five ranks. The organ contains a Harp that is currently disabled. Instrument replaced a 2 manual 8 rank Wurlitzer theatre organ originally installed in the Riviera Theatre in Knoxville. The Wurlitzer was the first organ in the current sanctuary. Dedicatory recital on the Möller was performed by Dr. John Weaver. -Database Manager

2010-10-07 - Updated through online information from Tim Lett. -Database Manager

2012-08-02 - Updated through online information from Tim Lett. -- The organ had restoration work performed in early 2012. The Harp is functional after a 30 year silence. The antiphonal is fully functional. -Database Manager

2017-10-06 - Important Historical Fact: The national conference that reunified the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, to become the Methodist Church was held at this church in 1939. -Database Manager

2024-03-12 - The sanctuary, seating 1,600, was the largest in Knoxville for over 60 years. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Knoxville, Tennessee
Central Methodist Church

Möller   Op. 9089   1958   3/42

The Antiphonal is played from Great and Choir manuals
and subject to effect of their 16' and 4' couplers.

       GREAT (3 1/2" wind)               SWELL (4")
   16' Gemshorn 61                   16' Quintaton 73
    8' Diapason 61                    8' Gedeckt 12
    8' Bourdon 61                     8' Viole de Gambe 73
    4' Principal 61                   8' Viole Celeste 73
    4' Spitzflöte 61                  4' Principal 73
2 2/3' Quint 61                       4' Flute Harmonique 73
    2' Octavin 61                     2' Octavin 61
   IV  Fourniture 244               III  Plein Jeu 183
       Tremulant                     16' Bassoon 73  L/2
       Sub                            8' Trompette 73
       Unison off                     8' Bassoon 12
       Super                          4' Schalmei 73
       Harp CH                           Tremulant
                                         Sub
       CHOIR (4")                        Unison Off
    8' Concert Flute 61                  Super
    8' Dulciana 61                       Chimes ANT
    8' Unda Maris 49
    4' Cor de Nuit 61                    PEDAL (4" flue, 5" reed)
2 2/3' Nasat 61                      16' Violone 32
    2' Blockflöte 61                 16' Subbass 32
1 3/5' Tierce 61                     16' Gemshorn GT
    8' Clarinet 61                   16' Quintaton SW
       Tremulant                      8' Principal 32
       Sub                            8' Subbass 12
       Unison Off                     8' Gemshorn GT
       Super                          8' Quintaton GT
       Harp 49 (Deagan)               4' Super Octave 12
                                      4' Gemshorn GT
       ANTIPHONAL (5")              III  Mixture 96
    8' Viola 61                      16' Double Trompette 12 SW
    8' Dolce Flue 61                 16' Bassoon SW
    8' Dolce Flute Celeste 49         8' Trompette SW
    4' Principal 61                   4' Clarion SW
    8' Vox Humana 61 (sep. box)
       Tremulant                         ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
       Chimes 25 (Deagan A)          16' Viola 12
                                     16' Dolce Flute 12
                                      8' Viola AN
                                      8' Dolce Flute AN
                                      4' Viola AN

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield April 11, 2009.]

Documents

(1957-06-28) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield