Bradley Rule / B. Rule & Co.
Opus 8, 1997
Originally Henry Pilcher's Sons (1891)
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church
2931 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN, US
25 Ranks
Instrument ID: 8562 ● Builder ID: 5455 ● Location ID: 7989
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (58 Notes)30 Note Pedal3 Divisions22 StopsMechanical (Balanced Tracker) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)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 December 17th, 2012:
Updated through online information from William Dunklin.
Updated through online information from William Dunklin.
Database Manager on October 3rd, 2011:
Updated through online information from Will Dunklin.
Database Manager on September 22nd, 2009:
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 on May 30th, 2007:
Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner.
Database Manager on July 3rd, 2005:
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 on October 30th, 2004:
The original builder was Henry Pilcher's Sons (1891).
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Chassis plus Open Diapason and Ped. Bourdon relocated from University of the South, Sewanee, TN.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1997
Webpage Links: The TVUUC Organ's History
Related Instrument Entries: Henry Pilcher's Sons (1891) , Henry Pilcher's Sons (1961)
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