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Reuter Organ Co. Opus 209 (1926)

St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church: Church
New Orleans, LA

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

Unknown - Gallery and façade pipes (neworleanschurches.com, John DeMajo/Jeff Scofield)

2016-04-26 - Church interior (Church Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

2017-06-21 - Church exterior (Church Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
24 stops
20 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe 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

2012-08-13 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Unplayable since the 1960's. -Database Manager

2024-05-04 - From neworleanschurches.com : At the time of completion of St. Anthony Of Padua Church in the 1920's, a Reuter organ (Opus 209) was installed. The instrument became unusable in the late 1960's due to age and neglect, as well as damage from Formosan termite infestation of the console. At that time, a Baldwin electronic organ (believed to have possibly come from the original St. Ann's Catholic Church on Ursuline Avenue) was installed in the front of the church near to the altar. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, the church purchased a small Allen digital organ, with the intent that consideration would be given to restoration of the original Reuter instrument. Following Katrina, the death of the organist / music director occurred, and the present status of this organ and project are unknown. At last word, the parishes of Sacred Heart of Jesus and St. Anthony of Padua had been combined, with the St. Anthony of Padua building remaining as the new parish church, and the Sacred Heart Church building having been closed. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

   New Orleans, Louisiana
   St. Anthony of Padua R. C. Church

   Reuter   Op. 209   1926   3/20
   ___________________________________________

   GREAT (encl w/CH)       SWELL
8' Open Diapason 61    16' Lieblich Gedeckt 73
8' Dopple Flute  61     8' Violin Diapason  73
8' Melodia       61     8' Gross Flute      73
8' Dulciana      61     8' Stopped Diapason 73
4' Octave        61     8' Viol d'Orchestra 73
8' Cornopean     61     8' Vox Celeste      61
   Sub                  4' Flute Harmonique 73
   Unison Off           8' Orchestral Oboe  73
   Super                8' Vox Humana       73
   Chimes                  Tremolo
                           Sub
   CHOIR                   Unison Off
8' Horn Diapason 73        Super
8' Quintadena    73
8' Concert Flute 73        PEDAL
8' Dopple Flute  GT    16' Bourdon          32
8' Dulciana      GT    16' Gedeckt          SW
4' Flute d'Amour 73    16' Violoncello      12 SW
   Tremolo
   Sub
   Unison Off
   Super

  [Received from Jeff Scofield August 8, 2012]

Documents

Factory specifications, Reuter Organ Co. via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

Websites

St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, New Orleans, LA [New Orleans Churches] - History and description, photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)