Better Pipe Organ Database

The Reuter-Schwarz Organ Co. Opus 8 (1918)

United Brethren Church / Westfield United Methodist Church
225 S. Madison St.
Westfield, IL

Images

2018-06-26 - Church interior with organ case & facade (Still image from video by the Organ Media Foundation/Database Manager)

2018-06-26 - Organ case and facade (Still image from video by the Organ Media Foundation/Database Manager)

2018-06-26 - Console (Still image from video by the Organ Media Foundation/Database Manager)

2018-06-26 - Replica builder's nameplate (Still image from video by the Organ Media Foundation/Database Manager)

2018-06-26 - Added Buzard nameplate (Still image from video by the Organ Media Foundation/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
10 stops
12 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2005-11-24 - Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005. -Database Manager

2018-07-06 - Restored in 2008 by Buzard Pipe Organ Builders. Solid-state action installed. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed Specification Source: from OrganMediaFoundation video and www./buzardorgans.com Date not recorded

Westfield, Illinois
United Brethren Church

Reuter-Schwarz Organ Co.   Opus 8   1918    2 manuals, 10 stops, 10 ranks
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Original pitch of A-435 Hz.

          GREAT ORGAN                       SWELL ORGAN
       8' Open Diapason        61        8' Violin Diapason     73
       8' Melodia              61        8' Stopped Diapason    73
       8' Dulciana             61        8' Aeoline             73
       4' Flute d'Amour        61        4' Harmonic Flute      73
            Great to Great 16'           8' Oboe Gamba          73
            Great Unison Off                  Tremolo
            Great to Great 4'                 Swell to Swell 16'
            Swell to Great 16'                Swell Unison Off
            Swell to Great 8'                 Swell to Swell 4'
            Swell to Great 4'
                                            PEDAL ORGAN
          COMBINATIONS                  16' Bourdon             42
          Swell        4  (thumb)        8' Open Diapason (Gt)  --*
          Great        4  (thumb)        8' Flute (fr. Bdn)     --*
          General      8  (thumb)             Great to Pedal 8'
                                              Great to Pedal 4'
          REVERSIBLES                         Swell to Pedal 8'
          Great to Pedal  (thumb & toe)       Swell to Pedal 4'
          Sforzando       (thumb & toe)  *  added 1960s

          EXPRESSION
          Balanced Swell Pedal
          Crescendo Pedal


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2018-07-06]

Websites

1918 Reuter-Schwartz, Opus 8 - Video presentation showing the case, console, pipes, and sounds of the organ (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)