Better Pipe Organ Database

Barger and Nix (2015)

First Presbyterian Church
304 W. Main St.
Lebanon, TN

Images

2022 - Church exterior (Photograph by Luis Molina, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-23 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Melvin Potts, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by David Willis, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-23 - Choirloft, console and façade pipes (Photograph by Melvin Potts, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - New Tierce Chest and Pipes (Photograph by Roy Smith (2015)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Rebuilt Console (Photograph by Roy Smith (2015)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
14 stops
43 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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: Computerized/Digital
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

2018-01-28 - This entry represents a rebuild with tonal changes of a 1955, 2/11 Moller, Op. 8786. -Database Manager

2023-10-28 - Transplanted note from related Database entry: **Database Manager on September 29, 2009:** **Updated through online information from Will Dunklin**. -- Organ stands behind a very handsome polychromed Pilcher "pipe fence." The facade contained about half speaking pipes and half dummies. In the current installation, none of the facade speaks. The 8' Trumpet is the 8' Cornopean from the Aeolian organ formerly in Neely Auditorium, Vanderbilt University, Nashville. When that organ was dispersed, Dennis Milnar installed the Cornopean at FPC Lebanon on an electro-mechanical chest. -Jim Stettner

2023-10-28 - Transplanted note from related Database entry: **Database Manager on December 07, 2013**: Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -- Correction to the stop list: the Swell 2⅔' Nazard is an independent rank, not an extension of the unit flute. The Nazard is a conical metal flute. The Mixture III was a later addition as was the Trumpet. There being no blank stop tabs, the unison off and the Great 16 coupler rocker tabs were replaced for the two additions. [Editor Note: The Great did not have a Unison Off function. There was, however, a prepared-for Chimes tablet] -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Barger & Nix Organs

Lebanon, Tennessee
First Presbyterian Church

Möller        Op. 8786   1955   2/15
Barger & Nix             2015   2/16
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       GREAT (Expressive)
8'     Diapason                  73
8'     Harmonic Flute            85
8'     Dulciana                  73
4'     Octave                    73
4'     Harmonic Flute
4'     Dulciana
2'     Super Octave
III    Mixture                  183
8'     Trompette                 61
4'     Clairon
       Tremolo
       Chimes
       Tower Bells
Sub
Unison Off
Super


       SWELL (Expressive)
16'    Lieblich Gedeckt          12
8'     Geigen Diapason            a
8'     Viole d'Gamba             73
8'     Viole Celeste       (tc)  61
8'     Gedeckt                   61
4'     Geigen Octave             73
4'     Gedeckt                   12
2 2/3' Nasard                    61
2'     Fifteenth         (Geig)  --
2'     Flautino                  12
1 3/5' Tierce                    49
1 1/3' Quint                     --
16'    Contra Oboe               12
8'     Oboe                      73
4'     Oboe Clairon              12
       Tremolo

Sub
Unison Off
Super


       PEDAL
32'    Resultant                 --
16'    Subbass                   32
16'    Lieblich Gedeckt    (Sw)  --
8'     Diapason            (Gt)  --
8'     Subbass                   12
8'     Gedeckt             (Sw)  --
5 1/3' Quint Gedeckt       (Sw)  --
4'     Choralbass          (Gt)  --
4'     Subbass                   12
4'     Gedeckt             (Sw)  --
III    Mixture             (Gt)  --
32'    Reed Cornet               --
16'    Contre Oboe         (Sw)  --
8'     Trompette           (Gt)  --
8'     Oboe                (Sw)  --
4'     Oboe Clairon        (Sw)  --


       INTER-DIVISIONAL COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal                  8,4
Great to Pedal                  8,4

Swell to Great               16,8,4


       FINGER PISTONS
Undocument


       TOE STUDS
Undocumented


       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Great Expression             (bal.)
Swell Expression             (bal.)
Crescendo                    (bal.)


[Received from Jeff Scofield  October 26, 2023]

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#36157 - M. P. Möller Opus 8786 (1955)