1998-12-01 - Organ case (Photograph by Julie Hope Loudin Rich/Database Manager)
2004-10-30 - The original builder was Henry Pilcher's Sons (1891). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1997 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Chassis plus Open Diapason and Ped. Bourdon relocated from University of the South, Sewanee, TN. -Database Manager
2005-07-03 - On-line update from William Dunklin -- Case front, chassis and console from 1891 Pilcher. Pd Bourdon 16, Gt Bourdon 16, Gt Open Diapason 8, Sw Stopped Diapason 8 also from original installation. Also, facade pipes are from the 1891 Pilcher: 1-23 Gt Open Diapason, 1-10 Gt Dulciana, 1-6 Gt Octave. Polychrome facade design based on original designs found imprinted on in the zinc of the facade pipes. Case sides and side facade pipes built to match existing front as original sides were no longer extant. -Database Manager
2007-05-30 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2009-09-22 - Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -- Pilcher provided Great Piano and Great Forte pedals in 1891. The Forte is single acting, bringing on Open Diapason 8, Dopple Flute 8, Octave 4 and Fifteenth 2. The Great Piano pedal is double acting bringing on the Dopple Flute 8 and Dulciana 8 and cancelling any other Great Stops that are on. The Great to Pedal reversible dates from 1891. The Tremolo hitchdown pedal dates to 1997. The original Swell pedal was replated and installed in a center position. It was originally placed at the extreme right. -Database Manager
2011-10-03 - Updated through online information from Will Dunklin. -Database Manager
2012-12-17 - Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -Database Manager
Original document from . Source: Unknown 2017-04-04
Knoxville, TN
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church
Organ by Bradley Rule / B. Rule & Co.
using parts salvaged from an 1891 Henry Pilcher's Son's style GG organ originally installed at the First Baptist Church, Griffin, Georgia
Manual compass 58 notes, pedal compass 30 notes,
tracker key action, mechanical stop action
Great: Swell: Pedal:
16' Bourdon (wd) 58 8' Violin Diapason 58 16' Bourdon (wd) 30
8' Open Diapason + 58 8' Stopped Diapason (wd)58 8' Open Diapason + 30
8' Dopple Flute (wd) 58 8' Celeste T.C. 46 4' Chorale Bass + 30
8' Dulciana + 58 4' Principal 58 16' Trombone 30
4' Octave + 58 4' Flute Harmonique 58 8' Trumpet 30
2' Octavin 58 2 2/3' Nazard 58 Gt + Ped
III Mixture * 174 2' Fifteenth 58 Sw + Ped
8' Trumpet 58 II Cornet *8 116
Sw + Gt 8' Oboe 58
+ some pipes in facade
* lowest pitch 1 1/3'
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