Bradley Rule / B. Rule & Co.
2006

Originally Carl Barckhoff Co. (1893)

Kern Memorial United Methodist Church

451 E. Tennessee Avenue
Oak Ridge, TN, US

30 Ranks - 1,560 Pipes

Instrument ID: 26216 ● Builder ID: 5455 ● Location ID: 23066

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IMAGES

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STOPLISTS

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	Great (I)🛈
8'	Open Diapason	58
8'	Melodia	58
8'	Gemshorn	58
4'	Principal	58
4'	Flute D’Amour	58
2 ²⁄₃'	Twelfth	58
2'	Fifteenth	58
1 ³⁄₅'	Tierce	58
IV	Mixture	232
8'	Trumpet	58

	Swell (II - Expressive)🛈
16'	Bourdon TC	46
8'	Violin Diapason	58
8'	Stopped Diapason	58
8'	Salicional	58
4'	Principal	58
4'	Flute Harmonic	58
2'	Flageolet	58
III	Mixture	174
8'	Oboe	58

	Pedal🛈
16'	Subbass	30
8'	Principal	30
8'	Gedeckt	30
4'	Choral Bass	30
16'	Trombone	30
8'	Trumpet	30

3 normal couplers. 2 combination pedals. Tremolo.

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Builder: Unknown

Position: Keydesk Attached

Design: Traditional Without Cover

Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight

Features:

2 Manuals (58 Notes)30 Note Pedal3 Divisions22 Stops25 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs

Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical

Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on April 14th, 2014:

Updated through online information from William Dunklin.

Database Manager on December 28th, 2013:

Updated through online information from William Dunklin.

Database Manager on August 26th, 2007:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- 1-17 of the Great 8' Open Diapason and 1-8 of the Pedal 8' Principal are en facade. The keydesk has been slightly modified from the original Barckhoff. Couplers are via On/Off finger pistons in the Great and Swell keyslips. The Tremolo affects the entire organ and is registered via a hitch-down foot lever with the Great Piano and Great Forte foot levers.

Database Manager on June 1st, 2007:

Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Barckhoff originally built for Reformed Church, New Paltz, New York. Replaced there 1928 by new Odell. Relocated to St. Paul's Lutheran, Kingston, New York. 2004 acquired by Kern Memorial United Methodist. Removed by Bradley Rule and parishioners. Lower case extensively repaired. Upper case new. Five-sectional facade containing 29 stenciled pipes arranged: 5-7-5-7-5. Stenciling new but based on patterns etched into pipes. 5 stops added to Great. One stop added to Swell. 5 stops added to Pedal.

Webpage Links: B. Rule and Company - Kern Organ , B. Rule & Company | Kern Memorial United Methodist , Kern Memorial United Methodist

Related Instrument Entries: Unknown Builder (ca. 1928) , (Carl) Barckhoff Church Organ Co. (1893ca.)