2009-06-27 - Building exterior (Photograph by James Steakley, via Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1926 - 4-manual console with player (Reuter Organ company archive/Max Mayse)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2005-11-24 - Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005. -Database Manager
2011-05-31 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -- The Zigazag Shine Temple moved to new quarters. The city of Des Moines is rehabbing the building as the "Temple for the Performing Arts" -Database Manager
2012-09-08 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2024-05-24 - According to The Diapason, November 1948 and April 1949, the Reuter organ was moved to the new location of the Shriners. The Solo division was omitted. The organ was "installed in three large chambers forward in two balconies, and with an echo division under the back gallery ceiling." -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> September 1926 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Des Moines, Iowa
Za Ga Zig Temple
Reuter Op. 210 1926 4/49
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GREAT SWELL
16' Double Diapason 73 16' Bourdon 73
8' First Diapason 73 8' Diapason 73
8' Second Diapason 12 8' Tibia Clausa 73
8' Doppelflöte 73 8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Violoncello 73 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
8' Clarabella 73 8' Viole Celeste 61
8' Erzähler 73 8' Salicional 73
4' Octave 73 8' Aeoline 73
4' Waldflöte 73 4' Principal 73
8' Tromba 61 4' Traverse Flute 73
Sub 2 2/3' Nasard 61 *
Unison Off 2' Piccolo 61 *
Super 1 3/5' Tierce 61 *
Chimes EC III Cornet -- *
16' Contra Fagotto 73
SOLO 8' Cornopean 61
8' Stentorphone 73 8' Fagotto 12
8' Major Flute 73 8' Orchestral Oboe 73
8' Gross Gamba 73 4' Clarion 12
8' Gamba Celeste 73 Tremolo
16' Ophicleide 61 Sub
8' Tuba Mirabilis 12 Unison Off
8' French Horn 73 Super
8' Saxophone 73 Marimba Harp 49
4' Tuba Clarion 12
Tremolo CHOIR
Sub 16' Contra Viole 73
Unison Off 8' Diapason 73
Super 8' Concert Flute 73
8' Dulciana 73
PEDAL 8' Unda Maris 61
32' Contra Bourdon 32 4' Flute d'Amour 73
16' Diapason 32 8' Clarinet 73
16' Second Diapason GT 8' English Horn 73
16' Bourdon 12 Tremolo
16' Violone 32 Sub
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW Unison Off
8' Flute Major 12 Super
8' Flute Dolce 12
8' Cello 12 ECHO
8' Still Gedeckt SW 8' Diapason 61
16' Ophicleide SO 8' Quintadena 61
8' Tromba GT 8' Dolce Flute 61
4' Clarion SO 8' Flute Celeste 61
16' Echo Bourdon 12 8' Echo Violin 61
8' Vox Humana 61
Tremolo
Chimes
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