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Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1168 (1956)

Trinity Episcopal Church
1011 Vermont Street
Lawrence, KS

Consoles

Main

Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
27 stops
3 divisions
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Has combination thumb 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

2013-09-28 - The organ was dedicated on April 8, 1956, by Donald McDonald, who was the Organist-Director at West End Collegiate Church in New York City. He was also on the faculty at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, N.J., and a tutor in organ at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. -Database Manager

2015-07-15 - Updated through online information from John McCraney. -- Trinity Episcopal, primarily the gallery organ and console (not sound) was used extensively in the movie "Carnival of Souls," now an easily-available DVD, as was about a five-minute segment in the Reuter factory. The film is about a just-graduated church organist. -Database Manager

Stoplist

"The Organs of Trinity Church" Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Lawrence, Kansas
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church

Reuter Organ Co.   1956   Opus 1168    2 manuals, 27 stops, 22 ranks
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        GREAT ORGAN
     8' Principal Conique      61
     8' Rohr Flute             61
     8' Dolcan (enc.)          61
     8' Dolcan Celeste (enc.)  61
     4' Octave                 61
     4' Spillflute             61
     2' Doublette              61
   III  Cymbel                183
        Chimes                 pf
           Great to Great 16'
           Great Unison Off
           Great to Great 4'
           Swell to Great 16'
           Swell to Great 8'
           Swell to Great 4'

        SWELL ORGAN
     8' Gedeckt                61 wood
     8' Viola Pomposa          61
     8' Viole Celeste          54 GG
     4' Nachthorn              61
 2 2/3' Nazard                 61
     2' Blockflute             61
 1 3/5' Tierce                 61
     1' Zauberflute            61
     8' Trompette              61
     8' Vox Humana             61
     4' Hautbois               61
        Tremulant
           Swell to Swell 16'
           Swell Unison Off
           Swell to Swell 4'

        PEDAL ORGAN
    16' Violone                56
    16' Bourdon                12 SW wood
10 2/3' Bourdon                --
     8' Octave Violone         --
     8' Gedeckt                SW
 5 1/3' Violone                --
     4' Choralbass             --
    16' Bombarde               12 SW
           Great to Pedal 8'
           Great to Pedal 4'
           Swell to Pedal 8'
           Swell to Pedal 4'

        ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS
        Four, acting on Great and Pedal Organs and their Couplers
        Four, acting on Swell and Pedal Organs and their Couplers
        Four General Pistons, acting on the entire organ

        REVERSIBLES
        Great to Pedal 8'
        Swell to Pedal 8'
        Sforzando
        Cymbelstern (preparation only)

        ACCESSORIES
        Balanced Expression Pedal – Swell
        Balanced Crescendo Pedal
        General Cancel Thumb Piston
        Sforzando Indicator Light
        Crescendo Indicator Light
        Wind Indicator Light

 [Received from Steven E. Lawson 2013-10-01.]

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