Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 998 (1952)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
701 W. Main St.
Blytheville, AR

Images

2020-10-04 - Church interior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-01-16 - Church exterior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
47 stops
23 registers
4 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 combination toe 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

2013-04-14 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Blytheville, Arkansas
     First Methodist Church

     Reuter   Op. 998   1952   3/22
     ____________________________________________________

     GREAT (encl w/CH)                 CHOIR
 16' Quintaten        61            8' Nachthorn       73
  8' Principal        61            8' Dolcan          73
  8' Hohl Flute       61            8' Dolcan Celeste  61
  4' Octave           61            4' Koppelflöte     73
     Sub                        2 2/3' Nazard          61
     Unison Off                     2' Blockflöte      61
     Super                          8' Clarinet        pf
     Chimes           21            8' Vox Humana      61 **
                                       Tremulant
     SWELL                             Sub
  8' Geigen Principal 73               Unison Off
  8' Gedeckt          73               Super
  8' Viole de Gambe   73               Harp            pf
  8' Viole Celeste    61
  4' Spitz Principal  73               PEDAL
  4' Flute Harmonic   73           16' Contrebasse     32
III  Plein Jeu       183 *         16' Quintaten       GT
  8' Trompette        73            8' Spitz Principal 12
  4' Hautbois         pf            8' Quintaten       GT
     Tremulant                  5 1/3' Twelfth          7
     Sub                            4' Choralbass       5
     Unison Off                    16' Bombarde        pf
     Super

  *  15-19-22
 **  on separate chest and specially enclosed

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield April 13, 2013]

Documents

Factory specifications, Reuter Organ Co. via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield