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Johnson City TN, USA (Tennessee) - Saint John's Episcopal Church
Municipal: Johnson City, TN
Region:Carter County, Sullivan County, Washington County TN
Address: 500 North Roan Street, 37601, Johnson City, TN
Website: https://stjohnstn.org/
Description nr.: 2044887.
Built by: Patrick J. Murphy (2006) - opus 47
The organ contains older material: Pipes from 1946/1965 by M.P. Möller Company
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Gemshorn 16', Principal 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Gemshorn 8', Octave 4', Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 4 ranks (1 1/3'), Trumpet 8', Bombarde 16' - extension from Choir, Bombarde 8' - from Choir, Bombarde 4' - extension from Choir, Chimes.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Geigen 8', Geigen Celeste 8', Concert Flute 8', Dulciana 8', Unda Maris 8', Fugara 4', Nachthorn 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Block Flute 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Scharff 3 ranks, Clarinet 8', Bombarde 8', Tremulant.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Lieblich Gedackt 16', Diapason 8', Gedackt 8', Viola 8', Viola Celeste 8', Principal 4', Block Flute 4', Flautino 2', Plein Jeu 3-4 ranks, Contra Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Double Open Diapason 32', Contra Bourdon 32', Open Diapason 16', Principal 16', Bourdon 16', Violone 16', Gemshorn 16', Lieblich Gedackt 16', Octave 8', Bourdon 8', Gedackt 8', Choralbass 4', Mixture 3 ranks, Bombarde 32', Posaune 32', Bombarde 16', Contra Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Johnson City TN, USA (Tennessee) - Saint John's Episcopal Church
Municipal: Johnson City, TN
Region:Carter County, Sullivan County, Washington County TN
Address: 500 North Roan Street, 37601, Johnson City, TN
Website: https://stjohnstn.org/
Description nr.: 2044887.
Built by: Patrick J. Murphy (2006) - opus 47
The organ contains older material: Pipes from 1946/1965 by M.P. Möller Company
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 2006 | Patrick J. Murphy | 47 | new organ | 2023 | Patrick J. Murphy | 47R | transfer/relocate |
- In 2006, Patrick J. Murphy completed a new organ for the First Presbyterian Church, 37 South 5th Street in Reading, Pennsylvania. It is a three-manual organ with 58 registers, including a number of transmissions. In 2016, it was decided to leave the church building, which was 202 years old at the time, and to find a new space outside the center of Reading. The church was subsequently sold or leased to an evangelical group, Lighthouse Christian Center. Because they do not use an organ during the celebrations, the instrument has been sold.
- In 2022 Murphy & Associates started transferring the organ to Saint John's Episcopal Church in Johnson City, Tennessee. The instrument was installed in a new organ case. New pipework has been added, taken from a 1946 Möller organ (opus 7435) from the First Presbyterian Church in Reading, PA, expanded in 1965. It was inaugurated in November 2023.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 2006 | Reading PA | First Presbyterian Church |
| 2023 | Johnson City TN | Saint John's Episcopal Church |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 13 (10) |
| - Choir Organ | 13 |
| - Swell Organ | 13 |
| - Pedal Organ | 19 (11) |
| Total number of stops | 58 (47) |
| Key action | Electrical |
| Stop action | Electrical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Gemshorn 16', Principal 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Gemshorn 8', Octave 4', Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 4 ranks (1 1/3'), Trumpet 8', Bombarde 16' - extension from Choir, Bombarde 8' - from Choir, Bombarde 4' - extension from Choir, Chimes.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Geigen 8', Geigen Celeste 8', Concert Flute 8', Dulciana 8', Unda Maris 8', Fugara 4', Nachthorn 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Block Flute 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Scharff 3 ranks, Clarinet 8', Bombarde 8', Tremulant.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Lieblich Gedackt 16', Diapason 8', Gedackt 8', Viola 8', Viola Celeste 8', Principal 4', Block Flute 4', Flautino 2', Plein Jeu 3-4 ranks, Contra Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Double Open Diapason 32', Contra Bourdon 32', Open Diapason 16', Principal 16', Bourdon 16', Violone 16', Gemshorn 16', Lieblich Gedackt 16', Octave 8', Bourdon 8', Gedackt 8', Choralbass 4', Mixture 3 ranks, Bombarde 32', Posaune 32', Bombarde 16', Contra Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
| Literature |
Cover feature : Patrick J. Murphy & Associates Organbuilders, Stowe, Pennsylvania : Saint John’s Episcopal Church, Johnson City, Tennessee / Patrick J. Murphy ; Nick Andrews. - In: The Diapason, 114th Year, No. 12, December 2023. |
| Links |
https://www.pjmorgans.com/pipe-organs/opus-47/ https://stjohnstn.org/music/ |