2005-11-24 - Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005. -Database Manager
2007-05-12 - Updated through online information from Larry D. Pickering. -- This building, called FIRST CHRISTIAN for the last 20 yrs or so, was sold early in 2007 to a group of private businessmen and the fate of the building is unknown at this time. The building has been vacant since August 30, 2005. The Sanctuary organ is from 1948, not 1951 (I have copies of the original contract). I am the former Director of Music for the church up to the time it was closed in 2005, and am also an organ builder & restorer who did much restoration on both the chapel organ and sanctuary organ. Original cost for the sanctuary organ was $20,000. In 2003, I obtained and added a 1939 Kimball 8' Vox Humana, 8' Oboe and Doppel Flute. I was told by a reputable organ builder who I purchased the Vox from that the Vox Humana was at one time a part of the Mormon Tabernacle Organ...I do not know that to be fact. These 3 stops were "prepared for" but not installed on the Reuter when it was new. The organ was mostly unplayable when I found it and was hired by the church in 2000. I restored it to playing condition at that time (free of charge), later doing quite a bit of releathering of reservoirs, new power supply, quite of bit of repairs to the all-electric action console, etc. -Database Manager
2009-08-23 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2013-12-01 - The organ has been vandalized since the church closed in 2007; the metal pipes are gone. It was reportedly a very fine organ in its time. -Database Manager
2025-02-11 - According to "Anonymously Donated Organ Will Be Dedicated Sunday," Wichita Eagle, Saturday, November 20, 1948, 2, Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/720877749, the organ was known as the "Two Ten" organ because it was paid for by anonymous donors who had begun sending two ten-dollar bills every week, beginning with a letter dated June 5, 1941, and signed "To the glory of God, The Two Ten Family," that imposed three conditions: (1) "that no effort be made to find out our real name (because he who gives with the sounding of a trumpet has already received his reward)"; (2) that the money was to be spent for nothing but the organ; (3) "that the following inscription be placed on the organ in small type, visible to the organist: 'May the hands that touch this organ be dedicated unto the Lord. 'May the sounds that flow from this organ ever praise His holy name. 'May the ear that hears the sound be drawn closer to God.'" At the time of the article, the total of the donations and interest was $6,705. Information from the anonymous family was that the money would continue until the $20,000 organ was paid for. The Reuter Organ Company was named as the builder. -Charles Eberline
Stoplist emailed from Reuter Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Wichita, Kansas
Central Christian Church
Reuter Op. 910 1951 3/31
GREAT CHOIR
16' Violone 61 16' Contra Erzähler 73
8' Diapason 61 8' Concert Flute 73
8' Claribel Flute 61 8' Viole 73
8' Violone 12 8' Viole Celeste 61
4' Octave 61 8' Erzähler 12
4' Flute Harmonic (pf) 8' Erzähler Celeste 61
4' Violone 12 4' Nachthorn 73
III Mixture 183 2 2/3' Erzähler 12th --
8' Trumpet (pf) 2' Erzähler 15th --
Tremulant 1 3/5' Erzähler 17th --
Sub 8' Cor Anglais 73
Unison Off Tremulant
Super Sub
Chimes 21 Unison Off
Super
SWELL Chimes GT
16' Flute Conique 73 Harp (pf)
8' Geigen Diapason 73
8' Rohr Flute 73 PEDAL
8' Viole de Gambe 73 32' Resultant --
8' Viole Celeste 61 16' Diapason 32
8' Flauto Dolce 12 16' Bourdon 32
8' Flute Celeste 61 16' Violone GT
8' Aeoline 73 16' Flute Conique SW
4' Octave Geigen 73 16' Erzähler CH
4' Flute 12 10 2/3' Quinte --
2 2/3' Nasard -- 8' Principal 32
2' Piccolo -- 8' Octave 12
III Cymbel 183 8' Major Flute 12
16' Contra Fagotto (pf) 8' Violone GT
8' Trompette 73 8' Dolce Flute SW
8' Oboe 73 4' Choralbass 12
8' Vox Humana (pf) 16' Posaune (pf)
4' Clarion 73 16' Clarinet (pf)
Tremulant
Sub
Unison Off
Super
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