Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 254 (1927)

Westminster Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
1300 N Street
Sacramento, CA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2010-03-23 - Church exterior (Photograph by Steven Pavlov, via Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1927 - Church interior and organ chambers (Photograph from an archival source: From the 1929 Reuter catalog, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
29 stops
37 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
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

Notes

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

2012-08-20 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced in 1983 by 4/50 Möller Op. 11620. -Database Manager

2013-10-10 - Updated through online information from Doug Cassell. -- I's been over 10 years since I heard this instrument. I don't know its current condition. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> September 1927 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Sacramento, California
    Westminster Presbyterian Church

    Reuter   Op. 254    1927   4/29     
    ___________________________________________________

    GREAT                          SWELL
 8' Diapason         73        16' Bourdon           61
 8' Doppelflöte      73         8' Diapason          73
 8' Clarabella       73         8' Gedeckt           12
 8' Viol d'Gamba     73         8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
 8' Erzähler         73         8' Salicional        73
 4' Harmonic Flute   73         8' Voix Celeste      61
 8' Trumpet          73         8' Aeoline           73
    Tremolo                     4' Violina           73
    Sub                         4' Flauto Dolce      12
    Unison Off              2 2/3' Nazard             7
    Super                       2' Piccolo            5
    Chimes                      8' Cornopean         73
                                8' Oboe              73
    ECHO                        8' English Horn      73
 8' Viole Aetheria   73            Tremolo
 8' Waldflöte        73            Sub
 8' Quintadena       73            Unison Off
 8' Vox Humana       61            Super
    Tremolo
                                   CHOIR
    PEDAL                       8' Violin Diapason   73
32' Resultant        --         8' Concert Flute     73
16' Diapason         32         8' Dulciana          73
16' Bourdon          32         8' Unda Maris        61
16' Violone          12 GT      4' Flute d'Amour     73
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW         8' Clarinet          73
 8' Cello            GT            Tremolo
 8' Flute Dolce      SW            Sub
                                   Unison Off
                                   Super

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  August 19, 2012]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON September 1927 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield