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Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1228 (1957)

New Mexico Museum of Art: St. Francis Auditorium
107 W. Palace Ave.
Santa Fe, NM

Images

2009-03-16 - Museum exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-04-06 - Stage, organ chamber and exposed pipes (Photograph by Charles Kegg, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2009-02-20 - Auditorium interior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
43 stops
33 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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 coupler toe pistons

Notes

2005-11-24 - Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005. -Database Manager

2007-02-27 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2012-12-21 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The organ was originally installed in 1917 by the California Organ Co. in the James G. McNary Residence in El Paso, Texas. -Database Manager

2017-05-07 - The organ was given to the museum in 1937; the 1957 work was for renovation and additions contracted via Fred H. Meunier, Denver, Colorado, with parts, including a new console, supplied by Reuter as their Op. 1228. -Database Manager

2021-04-06 - In 2021, Charles Kegg is providing a new console, and doing a complete rewiring, cleaning, reed refurbishment, and new expression motors. -Jeff Scofield

2022-12-28 - This organ is now fully refurbished and the new Kegg console is installed and used in performances. -James Bryant

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> November 1957 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Santa Fe, New Mexico
       New Mexico Museum of Art

       Reuter   Op. 1228   1957   3/37
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT                          CHOIR
    8' Diapason         61         8' Viola            61
    8' Bourdon          61         8' Concert Flute    61
    8' Dulciana         61         8' Aeoline          61
    4' Octave           61         8' Vox Angelica     49
    4' Flute Harmonic   61         4' Koppel Flute     61
   II  Grave Mixture   122     2 2/3' Nazard           61
       Tremolo                     2' Blockflote       61
       Sub                     1 3/5' Tierce           61
       Unison Off                  8' Clarinet         61
       Super                          Tremolo
       Chimes                         Sub
                                      Unison Off
       SWELL                          Super
   16' Bourdon          61            Chimes
    8' Horn Diapason    61                        
    8' Stopped Diapason 61            PEDAL
    8' Salicional       61        16' Violone          32
    8' Vox Celeste      61        16' Bourdon          12 GT
    4' Prestant         61        16' Lieblich Bourdon SW
    4' Quintadena       61    10 2/3' Quintadena       --
    4' Flute            24         8' Principal        GT
2 2/3' Twelfth          --         8' Cello            12
    2' Fifteenth        --         8' Flute            32
   IV  Fourniture      244         8' Lieblich Flute   SW
    8' Trumpet          73         4' Choral Bass      GT
    8' Oboe             73        IV  Mixture         128
    8' Vox Humana       61        16' Trombone         12 SW
    4' Clarion          73         8' Trumpet          SW
       Tremolo                     4' Clarion          SW
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  December 20, 2012]

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