First United Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
105 W Main St
Knoxville, IL
Images
2010-07-23 - Sanctuary interior and organ case (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2010-07-23 - Console (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2010-07-23 - Builder name plate (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2010-07-23 - Church exterior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2010-04-19 - Organ (Photograph by Keith Williams/Database Manager)
2010-04-19 - Keydesk with chimes keyboard (Photograph by Keith Williams/Database Manager)
2010-04-19 - Pedalboard and expression shoe (Photograph by Keith Williams/Database Manager)
2010-04-19 - Expression shoe detail (Photograph by Keith Williams/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 8 stops
- 8 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 53 notes
- Pedal compass: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: None
- Has hitchdown couplers
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1971 -Database Manager
2005-09-04 - Online update from David Kinyon -- The instrument is in need of a good cleaning, but otherwise intact and used on a regular basis. The manuals are very heavy, especially when coupled and almost to hard to press keys. It has an ancient one octave electronic chimes keyboard attached to the side that doesn't work well. The orignial water pump is there though disconnected. It sits in a small, dead room. -Database Manager
2018-03-18 - Updated by Charles Eberline, naming this as the source of information: Coleberd, Robert E., Jr. "Another Hinners Tracker in Illinois." The Tracker 15, No. 3 (Spring 1971): 18. Bibliography: Coleberd, Robert E., Jr. "Another Hinners Tracker in Illinois." The Tracker 15, No. 3 (Spring 1971): 18. -Database Manager
2018-08-03 - Updated by David Kinyon, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager
Stoplist
ACCESSORIES: Blower's Signal; Manual keys have celluloid naturals and ebony sharps. Pedal keys have maple naturals and walnut sharps. Pitch: +/- A=432.5. Wind Pressure: 3" (?). The organ sits in the front of the chancel, slightly elevated, in a rather ornate oak case. The façade
pipes were originally multicolored (some traces of original paint remain on the backs of some pipes) but are
now painted white with gold mouths. In order that the organist could have some sight-line to the choir to the
left of the organ, the Swell is angled 45 degrees from the Great and keydesk. Hand-pumping mechanism intact and functioning. Early electric blower with 1/2 hp 1750 rpm century motor, PS frame. Source: From Keith Williams via e-mail April 22, 2010
Great Gr. Open Diapason 8 (1-12 zinc, en facade. 13-61 sm. Note #22 scribed "0 458 sc 43 Open A"), Gr. Melodia 8 (1-12 sw, 13-48 ow, 49-61 sm), Gr. Dulciana [tc] 8 (1-12 from Melodia], 13-61 sm & scrolled. Note #13 scribed "sc 56".
Pedal Bourdon 16
Swell Sw. Violin Diapason 8 (1-14 zinc en facade, 15-61 sm.), Sw. Lieblich Gedeckt 8 (1-48 sw, 49-61 sm), Sw. Salicional 8 (1-12 from Lieb. Ged., 13-61 sm & scrolled), Sw. Tremolo, Sw. Flute [sic - actually 4'] 8 (1-5 zinc, 6-61 sm; scribed "458 (?) Fl Dolce F")
Swell to Pedal 8 (Sw. to Ped. Coupler), Great to Pedal 8 (Gr. to Ped. Coupler), Great to Great 4 (Gr. Octave Coupler), Swell to Great 8 (Sw. to Gr. Coupler)
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