{"id":7113,"date":"2006-06-26T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-26T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.lib.utk.edu\/news\/music\/2006\/06\/26\/organ-installation-at-ut\/"},"modified":"2006-06-26T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-26T11:45:00","slug":"organ-installation-at-ut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2006\/06\/organ-installation-at-ut\/","title":{"rendered":"Organ Installation at UT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The new organ has 41 sets of pipes and three keyboards.<\/i><\/font><\/td>\n		June 23, 2006<\/p>\n

One-of-a-Kind Concert Organ Installed at UT<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

KNOXVILLE — The University of Tennessee’s handcrafted, one-of-a-kind concert organ is an awe-inspiring instrument. At more than 20 feet tall, with nearly 2,500 pipes and three keyboards, the organ will be a beautiful addition to the recently renovated Alumni Memorial Building.<\/p>\n

Built by Richards Fowkes & Co. in Ooltewah, Tenn., craftsmen began installation of the organ Friday, June 16, to the left of the stage in Alumni Memorial Building’s Cox Auditorium.<\/p>\n

Pre-installation work began in late May as the wind system was installed and pieces of the instrument were brought to Knoxville.<\/p>\n

Each piece of the organ is hand-made and was already assembled once in its entirety in Ooltewah to ensure everything works as it should, explained John Brock, a sacred music professor in the School of Music. The craftsmen then disassembled the organ to move each piece and reconstruct it in the auditorium, he said.<\/p>\n

Plans to renovate the Cox Auditorium began in the mid-1990s, said Brock, and the plan has always included an organ. The auditorium’s renovations were completed in 2003, transforming the school’s historical basketball gymnasium into a state-of-the-art auditorium.<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Tennessee Today: Current News from UT<\/i>.<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

View the original concept drawings of the organ at Richards, Fowkes & Co.<\/a><\/p>\n

More articles about this organ and the installation can be found in The Tennessee Alumnus<\/i><\/a>, The Knoxville News Sentinel<\/i><\/a>, The Daily Beacon<\/i><\/a>, and on WATE, Channel 6 news website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new organ has 41 sets of pipes and three keyboards. June 23, 2006 One-of-a-Kind Concert Organ Installed at UT KNOXVILLE — The University of Tennessee’s handcrafted, one-of-a-kind concert organ is an awe-inspiring instrument. 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