Historic Pipe Organs of East Tennessee
Many Thanks to John Brock, U.T. Music Dept. for most of this information!
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Bell Buckle United Methodist Church - Bell Buckle, TN
Henry Pilcher's Sons, Louisville, KY, Builder - 1890, II/16
Bolivar Presbyterian Church - Bolivar, TN
Unknown Builder - 1840 or Later, I/7 (Restored by John Allen Farmer - 1990)
Christ Episcopal Church - Harlan, KY
Henry Pilcher's Sons, Louisville, KY, Builder - 1889, I/7
Restored by B. Rule and Company - 1994 (complete with polychrome facade restoration)
Originally built for Saint John's Episcopal Church, Harlan, KY - church existed only a few years, then organ was put in storage, evidenced by candle drippings on the parts and mouse holds in parts of the organ normally inaccessible.
Crossroads Presbyterian Church - Knoxville, TN
Aeolian-Votey - 1929, II/14
First Congregational Church - Memphis, TN
Henry Kilgen, St. Louis, MO, Builder - 1900, II/10
Rebuilt w/additions by John Allen Farmer, Winston-Salem, NC - 1988, II/12
First Presbyterian Church - Lewisburg, TN
George Kilgen & Son, St. Louis, MO, Builder - 1914, II/10
Reconditioned by Milnar Organ Co., Eagleville, TN - 1980
First Presbyterian Church - McMinnville, TN
Henry Pilcher's Sons, Louisville, KY, Builder - 1892, II/7
Reconditioned by William Barger, Chattanooga, TN - 1982
First Presbyterian Church - Mt. Pleasant, TN
George Kilgen & Son, St. Louis, MO, Builder - c.1900, II/11
former First Presbyterian Church building - Elizabethton, TN
Organ by an unknown New York builder - c.1888, II/19 (Unplayable)
Probably built by George Jardine & Son, New York City
Originally located in a Methodist church in Chattanooga, TN - moved to Elizabethton in 1903
Grace Episcopal Church - Spring Hill, TN
Henry Pilcher's Sons, Louisville, KY, Builder - between 1878 & 1888, I/5
Knoxville House of Faith - Knoxville, TN
M.P. Moller Co., Hagerstown, MD, Builder - #825, 1908, II/15 (Unplayable)
Saint Cecelia Convent (chapel organ) - Nashville, TN
Henry Pilcher's Sons, Louisville, KY, Builder - 1907, II/7
Reconditioned by Milnar Organ Co., Eagleville, TN - 1978
Saint Columba's Episcopal Church - Bristol, TN
Hook & Hastings Co., Boston, MA, Builder - 1896, II/7, #1700
Originally located at Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC
Alterations by Peck Daniels in 1969
Saint James Episcopal Church - Bolivar, TN
Henry Pilcher's Sons, Louisville, KY, Builder - c.1882, I/7 (Unplayable)
Saint James Episcopal Church - Greeneville, TN
James Hall, Baltimore, MD, Builder - c. 1845, I/4
Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Church - Memphis , TN
Henry Pilcher's Sons, Louisville, KY, Builder - 1905, II/20
Hinners Organ Co., Pekin, IL, Builder - 1915, II/8 (Unplayable)
Tennessee Preparatory School - Nashville, TN
M.P. Moller Co., Hagerstown, MD, Builder - #259, c.1900, II/13
Unplayable - some pipework missing
Tennessee Theatre - Knoxville, TN
Wurlitzer Theatre Organ - 1928
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Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church - Knoxville, TN
Henry Pilcher's Sons, Louisville, KY, Builder
Restored by B. Rule and Company - 1998 (complete with polychrome facade restoration)
Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church - Chattanooga, TN
A.B. Felgemaker Co., Builder - c.1888, II/12
Originally located in Christ Episcopal Church, Nashville, TN - moved to Chattanooga in 1920's - Reconditioned by the J.F. Nordlie Co., Sioux Falls, SD in 1987.
Thomkin Chapel Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church - Chattanooga, TN
George Jardine & Son, New York City, Builder - c.1890, II/20
Tulip Street United Methodist Church - Nashville, TN
George Jardine & Son, New York City, Builder - 1891, II/24
University of the South (Guerry Hall) - Sewanee, TN
Henry Pilcher's Sons, Louisville, Ky, Builder - See note in stop list
B. Rule & Co. - New Market, TN
Hook & Hastings Co., Boston, MA, Builder - c.1875?, II/12 (Unplayable)
Previously located at the University of TN in Chattanooga. Awaiting an interested buyer to commission its restoration.
West Nashville United Methodist Church - Nashville, TN
George Kilgen & Son, St. Louis, MO, Builder - 1905, II/10
Renovated by Milnar Organ Co., Eagleville, TN - c.1980
Wiley Memorial United Methodist Church - Chattanooga, TN
George Kilgen & Son, St. Louis, MO, Builder - 1903-1911, II/11 (Unplayable)
Zion Presbyterian Church - Columbia, TN
Henry Pilcher's Sons, Louisville, KY, Builder - 1899, II/7
Reconditioned by Milnar Organ Co., Eagleville, TN - 1980
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