Pipe Organ Database

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Schantz Organ Co. (Opus 303, 1957)

Location:

Bell Avenue Baptist Church
4615 Asheville Highway
Knoxville, TN 37914 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 26191

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Baptist Churches
  • The organ is no longer a complete instrument; dispersed/parted out.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on March 12, 2020.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 24 ranks. 1,710 pipes. 5 divisions. 4 manuals. 21 stops. 38 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In center chambers at the front of the room. No visible pipes.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on March 12, 2020.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 21
  • Registers: 38
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' pneumatic/mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on March 12, 2020.
Database Manager on May 14, 2015:

Updated through online information from Randall Dyer. -- The organ originally had only 24 ranks. The Great 2' Super Octave was a double-draw from the Mixture, and the Pedal Bourdon and Choir 2 2/3' Nasard stops were extended from the Choir 8' Bourdon

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on April 30, 2012:

Updated through online information from Randall C. Maynard. -- Organ was sold to R.A. Colby - Johnson City, TN in October 2011 and has been parted out and individual ranks now offered for sale.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on July 12, 2011:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on March 20, 2008:

Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Console later moved to front right on the floor; church merged with McCalla Ave. Baptist in 1987 to form Chilhowee Hills Baptist in Bell Ave. facility. Sanctuary expanded in 2004 to 2,500-seat worship center and console disconnected. The pipes are still in-chamber, and the console sits by the welcome center counter.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on May 30, 2007:

Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. [Source: Diapason announcement.]

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> November 1956 and from the console September 1987
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Choir loft and organ: Schantz publicity photograph; digital image by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 1957-06-07

Church exterior: Schantz publicity photograph; digital image by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 1957-06-07

Console: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 1987-09-10

Sanctuary interior: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 1987-09-10

Church exterior: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 1987-09-10

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