2005-09-20 - Identified through on-line information from Peter Gibson-Hudson. -- Removed from original building in 1965 & re-installed in new building/sanctuary. Releathered 1990, Choir Division added 1995, 3 manual Reuter Console w/Peterson solid state switching & combo added 2005 -Database Manager
2014-03-09 - Gradually enlarged by various builders over the years; received a re-purposed 3-manual console in 1988 from 1961 Op. 1315, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Clearwater FL; in 2005, the 1981 3-manual console from First United Methodist Church, Gainesville GA, was added, with Reuter providing new drawknob heads. -Database Manager
2016-11-28 - Updated through online information from David Dewey. <br>Organ has been expanded over the years, final tonal design by Dr. Peter Hudson-Gibson. <br>Not all planned pipes have been installed at this date (Dec 2016). The most significant unfinished project are the Pedal 16' and 8' Diapason ranks, which are planned to be facade pipes flanking the center cross behind the altar. The bottom octave of the 16' are pipes made circa 1875 in Marysville, CA. Presently completing the installation of a Peterson Single Board Duo-Set combination action 128 level memory unit. Other stops not yet installed include the Mixture II and 16' Trumpets. Great and Swell are both under expression, Choir (Positive) division is in the same chamber as the swell. <br>Organ has been running on the original blower, which is barely adequate for the organ in its present condition. A larger vintage Spencer Orgablow is on hand and scheduled for installation in the Summer of 2017. <br>This organ is definitely an Orchestral voiced organ at 4.75" pressure with what can best be described as a "bodacious" trumpet rank. Organ is presently used for services, but when the majority of work is finished, concerts are planned. <br>Console is on a platform and can be moved to the front center of the sanctuary for concerts. Normally it is used at left of center, 90 degrees to congregation in its own recess. -Database Manager
Stoplist courtesy of the Reuter Organ Company Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
First United Methodist Church
Oroville, California
Reuter Op. 161 1925 2/13
Reuter 1988 Op. 1315 console
Reuter 2005 Op. 2001 console
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This is the stoplist taken from the drawknob
heads furnished by Reuter for the 1981 console
that the church received in 2005 from Op. 2001.
GREAT SWELL
8' Diapason 16' Gedeckt
8' Melodia 8' Diapason
8' Gamba 8' Gedeckt
4' Octave 8' Salicional
4' Harmonic Flute 8' Voix Celeste
2 2/3' Twelfth 4' Flute d'Amour
2' Fifteenth 2 2/3' Nazard
III Mixture 2' Flautina
Sub 8' Oboe
Unison Off 8' Vox Humana
Super Tremulant
Chimes Sub
Blank Unison Off
Blank Super
Blank Star Bells
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MIDI Blank
MIDI
CHOIR
8' Gemshorn PEDAL
4' Principal 16' Double Diapason
2 2/3' Twelfth 16' Bourdon
2' Harmonic Flute 16' Lieblich Gedeckt
1 3/5' Seventeenth 10 2/3' Quint
8' Clarinet 8' Diapason
Tremulant 8' Bourdon
Sub 4' Octave
Unison Off II Mixture
Super 16' Double Trumpet
8' Trumpet (GT) 8' Trumpet
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MIDI Blank
MIDI
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