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
2018-04-02 - Updated by G. Mark Caldwell, who has heard or played the organ.<br> The story goes that the church closed. The organ was bought by Mr. Thomas Birkett of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and installed in his home. In 2015, Mr. Birkett and Roger A. Banks of Edmond, Oklahoma, removed the organ from Mr. Birkett's home and moved it to Our Savior Lutheran Church in Bartlesville, where it is presently in regular use. -Database Manager
Original document from . Source: Unknown 2018-04-02
Des Moines, IA
Bethany Lutheran Church
Organ by Reuter Organ Co.
GREAT (Manual 1)
16' Bourdon 61 notes (Swell)
8' Open Diapason 73 pipes
8' Gedeckt 61 notes (Swell)
8' Dulciana 73 pipes
4' Flute d'Amor 61 notes
Chimes (Preparation)
Great to Great 16-4-Unison Off
Swell to Great 16-8-4
SWELL (Manual 2)
16' Bourdon 61 notes (Extension, 8' Stopped Diap.))
8' Stopped Diapason 97 pipes
8' Salicional 73 pipes
8' Voix Celeste (TC) 61 pipes
4' Flauto Dolce 61 notes (Extension, 8' Stopped Diap.)
2 2/3' Nazard 61 notes (From 8' Stopped Diap.)
2' Piccolo 61 notes (Extension, 8' Stopped Diap.)
8' Oboe 73 pipes
Tremulant
Swell to Swell 16-4- Unison Off
PEDAL
16' Bourdon 32 pipes
16' Leiblich Gedeckt 32 notes (Soft Wind of Bourdon?)
8' Flauto Dolce 32 notes (Swell Stopped Diapason)
Great to Pedal 8 (Reversible, Toe piston)
Swell to Pedal 8-4
Balanced Swell Pedal
Balanced Register Crescendo Pedal (w/ indicator)
Mechanical Hold-Set Combination Action
Manual 1 and Pedal 1-2-3-4
Manual 2 and Pedal 1-2-3-4
From all outward appearances, the chests are standard Reuter pitman action on all stops, except the Stopped Diapason, which is controlled by electro-mechanical slide switches on each manual.
When the instrument was moved to its present home in Bartlesville, OK, it was fitted with a modern Laukhuff blower, located in the organ chamber. The original Reuter 8-stage expression engine was re-used, with linkage to the shades to fit its new home. All other mechanicals and electricals are all original Reuter equipment, and working well, considering its age.
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