Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 975 (1952)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
101 Broadway NW
Albuquerque, NM

Images

2014-07-18 - View of sanctuary, facing chancel with organ chambers behind grilles on both sides of chancel. (Photograph by Randy Siner, Albuquerque Business First - https://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/2014/07/18/rising-from-the-ashes-business-first-s-exclusive.html, submitted by Rev. Dr. Van Herd/Rev. Dr. Van Herd)

2014 - Exterior view of building (Photograph by https://images.app.goo.gl/ib8S3b13tURci6nF6, submitted by Rev. Dr. Van Herd/Rev. Dr. Van Herd)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
28 stops
47 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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

2012-08-30 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Church sustained heavy smoke damage from arson fire on August 18, 2010, as the church was in the midst of a move to a suburban location; the downtown facility was slated to be sold to the Albuquerue Public Schools. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> April 1952 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Albuquerque, New Mexico
       First Baptist Church

       Reuter   Op. 975   1952   3/30
       ______________________________________________

       GREAT                      SWELL
   16' Gemshorn      61       16' Flute Conique    12
    8' 1st Diapason  61        8' Violin Diapason  73
    8' 2nd Diapason  61        8' Rohrflöte        61
    8' Clarabella    61        8' Salicional       73
    8' Gemshorn      12        8' Voix Celeste     61
    4' Octave        61        8' Spitzflöte       61
    4' Gemshorn      12        4' Principal        73
2 2/3' Twelfth       61        4' Chimney Flute    12
    2' Fifteenth     61        4' Spitzflöte       12
    8' Tromba        61    2 2/3' Rohrnasat         7
       Tremolo                 2' Flautino          5   
       Sub                   III  Mixture         183
       Unison Off              8' Trumpet          73
       Super                   8' Oboe             73
       Carillonic Bells        8' Vox Humana       73
                               4' Clarion          73
       PEDAL                      Tremolo
   16' Principal     32           Sub
   16' Bourdon       32           Unison Off
   16' Gemshorn      GT           Super
   16' Flauto Dolce  SW
    8' Octave        12           CHOIR
    8' Bourdon       12        8' Viola            73
    8' Gemshorn      GT        8' Concert Flute    73
    8' Still Gedeckt SW        8' Erzähler         73
    8' Spitzflöte    SW        8' Erzähler Celeste 61
    4' Super Octave  12        4' Nachthorn        73
    4' Gemshorn      GT        2' Piccolo          61
    4' Lieblichflöte SW        8' Clarinet         73
   16' Trumpet       12 SW        Tremolo
    8' Tromba        GT           Sub
                                  Unison Off
                                  Super

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield August 28, 2012]