Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1138 (1955)

First Church of Christ, Scientist
12th & Felix
St. Joseph, MO

Images

2008-05-17 - Church exterior (Photograph by David Lewis/Database Manager)

2008-05-17 - Chancel and organ facade (Photograph by David Lewis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
28 stops
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

2006-09-19 - New console for the 1907 Hook & Hastings Op. 2151. No tonal changes were made. -Database Manager

2012-08-20 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Reuter replaced the console and the tubular action was replaced by electro-pneumatic primary actions boxes; the building was sold to the St. Joseph Museum, Inc., and then to Ed and Linda Hood in 2004; it is currently used for weddings and other events. -Database Manager

2021-01-07 - Currently unplayable due to water damaged chests. -David Lewis

Stoplist

Stoplist via the St. Joseph AGO website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     St. Joseph, Missouri
     First Church of Christ, Scientist

     Reuter   Op. 2151   1955   3/30
     _______________________________________
    
     GREAT                  SWELL
 16' Open Diapason      16' Bourdon
  8' Open Diapason       8' Open Diapason
  8' Doppel Flute        8' Gedeckt
  8' Gamba               8' Salicional
  4' Octave              8' Aeoline
  2' Fifteenth           4' Flute
III  Mixture             4' Violina
  8' Trumpet           III  Dolce Cornet
     Sub                 8' Oboe
     Unison Off          8' Vox Humana
     Super                  Tremolo
                            Sub
     CHOIR                  Unison Off
  8' Open Diapason          Super
  8' Melodia
  8' Dolce                  PEDAL
  4' Flute              16' Open Diapason
  2' Piccolo            16' Bourdon
  8' Clarinet           16' Lieblich Gedeckt
     Tremolo             8' Violoncello
     Sub
     Unison Off
     Super

[Received from Jeff Scofield August 19, 2012]

Websites

AGO First Church of Christ Scientist Crawl - History and description, photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#5808 - Hook & Hastings Opus 2151 (1907)