Pipe Organ Database

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E.F. Walcker & Cie. (Opus 5343, 1969)

Location:

Ascension Episcopal Church
800 North Shore Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37919 US
Organ ID: 4670

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 20 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 14 stops. 14 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 14
  • Registers: 14
  • Position: Detached keydesk (mechanical action).
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Balanced tracker.
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal row above top manual.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: No enclosed divisions.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on March 19, 2008:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Installed in north transept gallery, which was the original nave before the new nave was built in 1986.

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

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Simple case shaped like the traditional outline of a house. Man. I 8' Prinzipal en façade in functional display. No pipe shades.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1996

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Organ was in the rear gallery. After church remodeling, original nave became a trancept of the new bldg.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database.
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Gallery: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2008-03-17

Keydesk: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2008-03-17

Organ case with Pedal to the left: Photograph by Will Dunklin. Taken on 2009-10-07

Pedal division: Photograph by Will Dunklin. Taken on 2009-10-07

Console: Photograph by Will Dunklin. Taken on 2009-10-07

Hauptwerk stops: Photograph by Will Dunklin. Taken on 2009-10-07

Expression shoe and hitch-down couplers: Photograph by Will Dunklin. Taken on 2009-10-07

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