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Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1230 (1958)

Redeemer Lutheran Church: Sanctuary
1800 W. Maple Rd.
Birmingham, MI

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2022-09-26 - Church exterior drone view (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2008-02-27 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
33 stops
23 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)
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

2013-03-26 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- This was an enlargement of 1946 2/10 Reuter Op. 677 for the enlarged sanctuary and chancel. -Database Manager

2022-12-04 - Replaced in 2022 by 3/32 Casavant Op. 3944, retaining only the Vox Humana and Clarinet from the Reuter. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

       Birmingham, Michigan
       Lutheran Church of the Redeemer

       Reuter   Op. 677    1946   2/10
       Reuter   Op. 1230   1958   3/21
       Reuter              1965    / 4
       _________________________________________________

       GREAT (encl w/CH)           SWELL
    8' Diapason    73 a        16' Lieblich Gedeckt PD
    8' Melodia     73 p         8' Gedeckt          61 p
    8' Dulciana    73 p         8' Salicional       73 p
    4' Octave      73 p         8' Vox Celeste      61 p
    2' Fifteenth   61 n         4' Principal        73 c
1 1/3' Larigot     61 b         4' Gedeckt          12 p
       Tremolo              2 2/3' Gedecktquinte     7 p
       Sub                      2' Gedeckt           5 p
       Unison Off             III  Mixture         183 n
       Super                    8' Trumpet          73 p
       Chimes                   8' Vox Humana       61 b
                                4' Hautbois         73 b
       CHOIR                       Tremolo
    8' Rohrflöte   73 n            Sub
    8' Erzähler    73 n            Unison Off
    4' Nachthorn   73 n            Super
2 2/3' Nasard      61 n
    2' Blockflöte  61 n            PEDAL
    8' Clarinet    73 b        16' Bourdon          32 p
       Tremolo                 16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 p SW
       Sub                      8' Octave           32 d
       Unison Off               8' Bourdon          12 n
       Super                    8' Gedeckt          SW
                            5 1/3' Twelfth           7 d
                                4' Choral Bass       5 d
                                4' Gedeckt          SW
                                2' Principal        32 b

    a  1-12 present SW 8 Diapason pipes; rest new pipework
    b  1965 addition
    c  present SW 8 Diapason pipes 13-61; new treble pipes
    d  present GT 8 Diapason pipes
    n  new pipework with 1958 rebuild
    p  present pipework from 1946

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield March 26, 2013]

Documents

(1956-11-02) Factory specifications, Reuter Organ Co. via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield