Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Bradley Rule / B. Rule & Co. (2010)

Originally Holtkamp Organ Co. (Opus Job No. 1655, 1951)

Location:

Maryville College
Maryville, TN 37801 US
Clayton Center for the Performing Arts
Organ ID: 52879

Update This Entry

Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Colleges and Universities
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on January 28, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP pitman
  • 34 ranks. 1,830 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 26 stops. 25 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 26
  • Registers: 25
  • Position: Movable console.
  • 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: Non-traditional style, as consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys above top manual.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on August 06, 2014:

Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -- To clarify this organ's history: two buildings on Maryville College's campus were torn down at the same time, Wilson Chapel and the Recital Hall. Both buildings had Holtkamp organs. This organ was originally built for the Recital Hall. When that building was torn down, the organ was removed, rebuilt and installed in the new Clayton Performing Arts Center. The Wilson Chapel organ, a Moller extensively rebuilt and expanded by Holtkamp, was sold. The pedal Bourdon from the Wilson Chapel organ (a Holtkamp-revoiced Moller rank) was used to replace the missing rank from this organ, though it is slightly larger in scale than the original.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on July 29, 2014:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- No tonal changes were made to the organ. A new Swell enclosure had to be made. The only mechanical change was a new solid state relay and combination action by Musicom. While the organ was in storage, several ranks disappeared and had to be replaced. These were: Swell Cornet III, Gemshorn 4, the entire Positive (8,4,2, 1-1/3 III), and the Pedal 16' Subbass. New pipework was acquired from Holtkamp.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on July 01, 2014:

Altered and relocated existing organ. Identified by James R. Stettner, based on personal knowledge of the organ. --

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

Instrument Images:

Building Exterior: Photograph by Ashlyn Kittrell. Taken on 2014-06-26

Console, Pipe Display, and Swell Box: Photograph by Ashlyn Kittrell. Taken on 2014-06-26

Great Pipework: Photograph by Ashlyn Kittrell. Taken on 2014-06-26

Pedal Pipework: Photograph by Ashlyn Kittrell. Taken on 2014-06-26

Swell Box and Pipework: Photograph by Ashlyn Kittrell. Taken on 2014-06-26

Positiv Pipework: Photograph by Ashlyn Kittrell. Taken on 2014-06-26

Console: Photograph by Ashlyn Kittrell. Taken on 2014-06-26

Console: Photograph by Ashlyn Kittrell. Taken on 2014-06-26

Builder's Nameplate: Photograph by Ashlyn Kittrell. Taken on 2014-06-26

Pedal Pipework (8' Violon and 16' Stille Posaune): Photograph by Ashlyn Kittrell. Taken on 2014-06-26

Pipe Organs in Tennessee sponsored by:
This instrument has been viewed 1,055 times.