Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. (1920)

St. Paul's Lutheran Church
1100 Georgia Ave.
Norfolk, NE

Images

2019-10-28 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-09-19 - Great and Swell behind façade pipes, with an unrelated reed organ; Choir division in the balcony with choir and console (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
19 stops
23 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Has crescendo
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

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

2012-10-24 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Great and Swell are in an alcove at the right of the altar; the console and Choir division are in the gallery. -Database Manager

2015-02-18 - Updated through online information from John Panning. -- Great, Swell, and Pedal are located in a chamber to the right of the apse. The Choir is located on the same side of the church in the rear gallery. Ventil windchests are used for all main chests. The console is placed at the center front of the rear gallery. The original Reuter console was replaced by one from the same builder; more recently a Syndyne switching system was installed. The Great Dulciana has been removed for reasons unknown, possibly water damage, Reuter aluminum slide tuners have replaced some metal scroll tuners in zinc pipes, and the blower motor has been replaced. Otherwise, the rest of the organ remains essentially unaltered. -Database Manager

2018-11-20 - Updated by Ryan Luckey, who maintains the organ. <br> <br>In 2016, Bedient Pipe Organ re-leathered the reservoirs and swell engines; the wind pressure was raised to the original levels. All flute stoppers were re-leathered. A new Virtuoso Control System with new power supply was installed. The water damage to the Dulciana chest was repaired and the rank has been re-installed. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> August 1921 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

   Norfolk, Nebraska
   St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

   Reuter   Op. 50   1920   3/19
   _______________________________________________

   GREAT                       SWELL
8' Open Diapason     73    16' Bourdon          73
8' Melodia           73     8' Principal Minore 73
8' Viola d'Gamba     73     8' Gedeckt          73
8' Dulciana          73     8' Viol d'Orchestre 73
4' Octave            73     8' Aeoline          73
   Sub                      8' Vox Celeste      61
   Unison Off               4' Flute Harmonique 73
   Super                    8' Oboe-Bassoon     73
                               Tremuland
   CHOIR                       Sub
8' Principal Amabile 73        Unison Off
8' Bourdon           73        Super
8' Viola Aetheria    73
8' Unda Maris        61        PEDAL
8' Vox Humana        73    16' Double Diapason  32
   Tremulant               16' Gedecktbass      12 CH
   Sub                     16' Bourdon          SW
   Unison Off               8' Bass Flute       12
   Super                    8' Violoncello      GT

  [Received from Jeff Scofield October 23, 2012]