Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1240 (1958)

University Christian Church: Sanctuary
2720 S. University Drive
Fort Worth, TX

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

Images

1989-04-08 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1960s)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1930s)/Database Manager)

1989-04-08 - Chancel (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
45 stops
64 registers
5 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

2010-02-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Prepared-for Positiv added in 1968; replaced in 2002 by 4/72 Garland, retaining some of the Reuter pipework. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> February 1958 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Fort Worth, Texas
       University Christian Church

       Reuter   Op. 1240   1958   3/55

       GREAT                        SWELL
   16' Quintaten                16' Flauto Dolce
    8' Principal                 8' Geigen Principal
    8' Rohrflöte                 8' Gedeckt
    4' Octave                    8' Viole de Gambe
    4' Spillflöte                8' Viole Celeste
    2' Super Octave              8' Flauto Dolce 12
   II  Mixture                   8' Flute Celeste
  III  Mixture                   4' Principal
       Sub                       4' Flute Harmonic
       Unison Off                2' Flauto Dolce 24
       Super                   III  Plein Jeu
    8' Solo Trumpet             16' Basset
       Chimes                    8' Trumpet
                                 8' Basset 12
       CHOIR                     8' Vox Humana (pf)
    8' Waldflöte                 4' Hautbois
    8' Solo Flute                   Tremolo
    8' Viola                        Sub
    8' Viola Celeste                Unison Off
    8' Unda Maris II                Super
    4' Fugara
    4' Flute d'Amour                PEDAL
2 2/3' Rohrquinte               32' Acoustic Bourdon --
    2' Zauberflöte              16' Principal
1 3/5' Tierce                   16' Bourdon
    8' Fagotto                  16' Quintaten GT
       Tremolo                  16' Waldflötenbass 12 CH
       Sub                      16' Flauto Dolce SW
       Unison Off           10 2/3' Dolce Quint SW
       Super                     8' Octave
                                 8' Bourdon 12
       POSITIV (1968)            8' Quintaten GT
    8' Bordun                    8' Waldflöte CH
    4' Principal                 8' Flauto Dolce SW
    4' Koppelflöte           5 1/3' Twelfth SW
    2' Principal                 4' Super Octave 12
    2' Quintaten                 4' Bourdon 12
1 1/3' Quinte                  III  Mixture
    1' Sifflöte                 16' Bombarde
  III  Scharf                   16' Basset SW
       Unison Off                8' Trompette 12
                                 8' Basset SW
                                 4' Clarion 12

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield February 28, 2010.]