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Reuter Organ Co. Opus 903 (1951)

St. Paul's Methodist Church: Sanctuary
1144 M Street
Lincoln, NE

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

Images

2014-11-13 - Church exterior (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
41 stops
58 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb 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

2013-02-22 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Organ screen considerably modified in 1968; Great and Swell mixtures and Swell 8' Trumpet and 4' Clarion replaced in 1983; replaced by Bedient Op. 70 in 2001, which retained only the 32' Bourdon; most, if not all except the 32', of the Reuter was purchased by Roy Reimer, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> February 1950 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Lincoln, Nebraska
       St. Paul's Methodist Church

       Reuter   Op. 903   1951   4/46
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT (encl w/CH)              SWELL
   16' Contra Gemshorn  61        16' Lieblich Bourdon 73
    8' Diapason         61         8' Geigen Principal 73
    8' Hohlflöte        61         8' Gedeckt          12
    8' Gemshorn         12         8' Viole da Gambe   73
    4' Octave           61         8' Viole Celeste    73
    4' Rohrflöte        61         8' Spitzflöte       73
    4' Gemshorn         12         8' Flute Celeste    61
2 2/3' Quinte           61         4' Geigen Octave    73
    2' Super Octave     61         4' Flute Harmonic   73
   IV  Fourniture      244         2' Octavin          61
       Tremulant                 III  Plein Jeu       183
       Sub                        16' Flügel Horn      73
       Unison Off                  8' Trompette        73
       Super                       8' Flügel Horn      12
       Chimes           25         8' Vox Humana       61
                                   4' Clarion          73
       CHOIR                          Tremulant
    8' Viola Diapason   73            Sub
    8' Concert Flute    73            Unison Off
    8' Erzähler         73            Super
    8' Erzähler Celeste 73
    4' Nachthorn        73            PEDAL
2 2/3' Nasat            61        32' Contra Bourdon   32
    2' Blockflöte       61        16' Principal (wood) 32
1 3/5' Tierce           61        16' Bourdon          12
    8' Krummhorn        73        16' Gemshorn         GT
       Tremulant                  16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
       Sub                    10 2/3' Quinte           SW
       Unison Off                  8' Spitz Principal  32
       Super                       8' Bourdon          12
       Harp Celeste     49         8' Gemshorn         GT
                                   8' Still Gedeckt    SW
       SOLO                    5 1/3' Twelfth (SpPrinc) 7
    8' Claribel Flute   73         4' Fifteenth         5
    8' Gamba            73         4' Bourdon          12
    8' Gamba Celeste    73        16' Bombarde         32
    4' Claribel Flute   12        16' Flügel Horn      SW
    8' Bombarde         73         8' Bombarde         12
    8' French Horn      73         4' Clarion          12
    4' Clarion          73            Chimes           GT
       Tremulant
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield July 15, 2012]

Documents

(1949-12-07) Factory specifications, Reuter Organ Co. via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

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