Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1205 (1957)

First Congregational Church: Sanctuary
2801 Lomas Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM

Images

2023-02-26 - Church interior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-01-25 - Church exterior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
22 stops
37 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb 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

2012-10-07 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

         Albuquerque, New Mexico
         First Congregational Church
         
         Reuter   Op. 1205   1957   3/24
         __________________________________________

         GREAT (*enclosed)              CHOIR-POSITIV
      8' Principal       61          8' Nasonflote      pf
      8' Dulciana        68 *        8' Lieblichgedeckt GT
      8' Unda Maris      61 *        8' Dulciana        GT
      8' Lieblichgedeckt 61 *        8' Unda Maris      GT
      4' Octave          61          4' Spillflote      pf
      4' Spitzflote      68 *        4' Spitzflote      GT
      2' Super Octave    61          2' Zauberflote     pf
      2' Lieblichflote   24 *        2' Lieblichflote   GT
    III  Fourniture     183        III  Cymbal          pf
         Tremolo            *           Tremolo (exp)   pf
         Sub                            Tremolo         GT
         Unison Off                     Sub
         Super                          Unison Off
         Chimes             *           Super

         SWELL                                  PEDAL
      8' Rohrflote       68         16' Bourdon         32
      8' Viole de Gambe  68         16' Flotenbass      pf PO
      8' Viole Celeste   61         16' Dulciana        12 GT
      4' Principal       68          8' Octave          32
      4' Traversflote    68          8' Bourdon         12
  2 2/3' Nasard          61          8' Nasonflote      pf PO
      2' Blockflote      61          8' Dulciana        GT
  1 3/5' Tierce          61      5 1/3' Twelfth          7
     16' Clarinet        68          4' Super Octave     5
      8' Trompette       68          4' Bourdon         12
      4' Hautbois        68         16' Bombarde        73
         Tremolo                    16' Clarinet        SW
         Sub                         8' Bombarde        --
         Unison Off                  4' Bombarde        --
         Super

The Pedal Bombarde unit was added later; the spec says
73 pipes, but does not indicate where the 17-pipe manual
extension was played.

[Received online from Jeff Scofield October 11, 2012]

Documents

(1956-01-20) Factory specifications, Reuter Organ Co. via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield