2005-11-24 - Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005. -Database Manager
2012-08-27 - Updated through online information from Scott Crowell. -- Choir division (8 stops), 16' Contra Trumpet (Pedal), and 16' Fagotto (Swell) added in 2000 by Schlueter. -Database Manager
2016-06-24 - Updated through online information from Timothy E. Conyers. <br>The Opus list of Reuter Organ Co. listed this as a 3 manual instrument installed in 1954. However, this disagrees with church records and photos of the chancel from that period. The church history, "Faith of our Fathers Living Still" by Mary E. Underwood, page 132, states: "A Reuter two-manual organ was being built for the sanctuary but was not yet complete [at the dedication of the new church in 1952]. The new instrument, which cost $20,500, was installed during the late spring of 1953, and was available for Sunday worship services on June 21. In March 1954 the church voted to name it 'The Welch Memorial Organ.' Mrs. Miriam Welch Moore of New York and her daughter had given $6,000 toward the purchase price in honor of Mrs. Moore's father, L.M. Welch." A choir photo taken in the late 1960's appears on page 145. It shows a two manual instrument with the console located in the center of the chancel choir loft. Pages 138 & 139 describe renovations to the chancel in 1977-78, where it is stated, "The organ would be cleaned and moved to the right and to the floor level, and a piano would be placed on the opposite side..." If viewed from the platform this is the current arrangement of the console today. No mention is made of any expansion to the instrument at that time. The original factory specifications listed the choir division as "prepared" for future expansion which was not done until 2000 by another organ company. From this evidence it is clear the original 1950's instrument was only two manuals, although plans were in place by Reuter for its future expansion. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Waynesville, North Carolina
First Baptist Church
Reuter Op. 1025 1954 3/19
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GREAT (encl w/CH) CHOIR (prep)
8' Diapason 61 8' Bourdon
8' Hohl Flute 61 8' Dolcan
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Dolcan Celeste
4' Octave 61 4' Nachthorn
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 2 2/3' Nasard
2' Fifteenth 61 2' Blockflöte
III Mixture 183 1 3/5' Tierce
Tremolo 8' Clarinet
Sub Tremolo
Unison Off Sub
Super Unison Off
Chimes pf Super
SWELL PEDAL
16' Gedeckt 12 32' Acoustic Bass --
8' Koppelflöte 61 16' Principal 32
8' Viole de Gambe 73 16' Gemshorn 12 GT
8' Viole Celeste 61 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
4' Spitz Principal 73 8' Octave 12
4' Koppelflöte 12 8' Gemshorn GT
2 2/3' Koppelflöte 7 8' Koppelflöte SW
2' Koppelflöte 5 5 1/3' Twelfth 7
III Mixture 183 4' Super Octave 5
16' Fagotto pf 4' Koppelflöte SW
8' Trumpet 73 2' Koppelflöte SW
4' Hautbois 73 16' Trumpet pf
Tremolo 16' Fagotto pf
Sub 8' Trumpet pf
Unison Off 4' Clarion pf
Super
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