Randall Dyer & Assoc., Inc.
Opus 78, 2001
Originally Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1454, 1966)
Church Street Methodist Episcopal Church
709 West Hill Avenue
Knoxville, TN, US
84 Ranks
Instrument ID: 19025 ● Builder ID: 1828 ● Location ID: 23022
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IMAGES
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal7 Divisions67 Stops96 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Computerized/Digital
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Contract signed in 1964; installed 1965-1966. Tonal finishing by Don Gilette in 1966. Dedication recital by Alec Wyton, 1966. Source, email from Randall Dyer, March 5, 2018.
Database Manager on January 20th, 2016:
According to Randall S. Dyer, the new console had the first new legal ivory keys in perhaps 20 years.
Database Manager on March 23rd, 2008:
Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed as Aeolian-Skinner 3/47 Op. 1454 in 1964; console renovated in 1984 by Dyer and nine ranks added; in 2001, Dyer added a new 4-manual console, a 9-rank Antiphonal with separate 2-manual console and 10 new ranks to the main organ; prepared-for stops were gradually installed so that the organ is now a 4/86.
Database Manager on May 30th, 2007:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.
Database Manager on June 29th, 2005:
This Organ identified through information received from Randall Dyer. Rebuild of and additions to Dyer Organ No. 31. New four-manual console, new Solo and encased Antiphonal with attached two-manual console
Related Instrument Entries: Henry Pilcher's Sons (Opus 1331, 1931) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1454, 1966) , Randall Dyer & Assoc., Inc. (Opus 31, 1984)
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