Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 518 (1938)

First Christian Church
622 SW Topeka Blvd.
Topeka, KS

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
23 stops
26 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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

2012-12-29 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The congregation has moved to a suburban location. -Database Manager

2017-06-20 - Church and organ destroyed by fire in February 1961 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> December 1937 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Topeka, Kansas
     First Christian Church

     Reuter   Op. 518   1938   3/25
     ____________________________________________
       
     GREAT                    CHOIR
  8' Open Diapason  73     8' Violin Diapason  73
  8' Doppelflote    73     8' Melodia          73
  8' Viola          73     8' Dulciana         73
  4' Octave         73     8' Unda Maris       61
III  Mixture       183     4' Flute d'Amour    73
  8' Harmonic Tuba  73     8' Clarinet         73
     Tremolo                  Tremolo
     Sub                      Sub
     Unison Off               Unison Off
     Super                    Super
                              Harp             pf
     SWELL
 16' Bourdon        73        ECHO (prepared)
  8' Open Diapason  73     8' Fern Flute
  8' Gedeckt        73     8' Muted Viol
  8' Salicional     73     8' Vox Humana
  8' Voix Celeste   61        Tremolo
  4' Flute Harmonic 73        Chimes
  2' Flautino       61
  8' Oboe           73        PEDAL
  8' Vox Humana     73    16' Open Diapason    32
     Tremolo              16' Bourdon          32
     Sub                  16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
     Unison Off            8' Gedeckt          SW
     Super                 8' Cello            GT
     Chimes         25        Chimes           SW

  [Received from Jeff Scofield December 26, 2012]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON December 1937 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield