Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 537 (1938)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
946 Vermont Street
Lawrence, KS

Images

2020-10-24 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
38 stops
47 registers
6 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
Has combination 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

2012-10-08 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Many tonal changes and additions since the original installation, culminating in 1987 with 103 ranks. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

        Lawrence, Kansas
        First Methodist Church

        Reuter   Op. 537   4/43   1938
        ___________________________________________________

        GREAT                          SWELL
    16' Violone           61       16' Spitz Flute       61
     8' First Diapason    61        8' English Diapason  73
     8' Second Diapason   61        8' Rohr Flute        73
     8' Claribel Flute    61        8' Salicional        73
     8' Gemshorn          61        8' Voix Celeste      61
     4' Octave            61        8' Spitz Flute       12
     4' Flute Harmonic    61        8' Flute Celeste     61
 2 2/3' Twelfth           61        4' Geigen  Octave    73
     2' Fifteenth         61        4' Flute             --
   III  Mixture          183        4' Salicet           --
     8' Tromba            61        4' Spitz Flute       12
        Tremolo                 2 2/3' Nazard             7
        Sub                         2' Flautino           5
        Unison Off              1 3/5' Tierce            --
        Super                      IV  Plein Jeu        244
        Chimes            25       16' Double Trumpet    73
                                    8' Trumpet           12
        PROCESSIONAL GREAT          8' Oboe              73
     8' Violin Diapason   49        8' Vox Humana        61
                                       Tremolo
        SOLO                           Sub
     8' Doppel Flute      73           Unison Off
     8' Gamba             73           Super
     8' Gamba Celeste     61           Chimes            GT
     8' Tuba Mirabilis    73           Harp              CH
     8' French Horn       73
        Tremolo                        CHOIR
        Sub                         8' Geigen Diapason   73
        Unison Off                  8' Melodia           73
        Super                       8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
                                    8' Dulciana          73
        PEDAL                       8' Unda Maris        61
    16' Diapason          32        4' Flute d'Amour     73
    16' Bourdon           32        8' Clarinet          73
    16' Violone           GT        8' English Horn      73
    16' Spitz Flute       SW           Tremolo
10 2/3' Quint             SW           Sub
     8' Octave            12           Unison Off
     8' Violone           GT           Super
     8' Gedeckt           SW           Harp              49
     8' Flauto Dolce      SW           Celesta
     4' Violone           GT
    16' Trombone          12 GT
    16' Trumpet           SW
     8' Tromba            GT
        Chimes            GT

       [Received opnline from Jeff Scofield October 8, 2012]

Documents

Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST July 1939, p.3 Stoplist continued -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST July 1939, p.2 Description and stoplist -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST July 1939, p.1 Commentary and description -Jeff Scofield
(1939-04-01) Write-up from THE DIAPASON April 1939 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield
Factory specifications, Reuter Organ Co. -Jeff Scofield