Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1354 (1962)

Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
3201 Windsor Road
Austin, TX

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
34 stops
40 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)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination 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

2008-02-14 - Updated through online information from Eric Mellenbruch. -Database Manager

2012-08-31 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2016-11-27 - Updated through online information from Chris Oelkers. <br>this instrument was removed in 2015 and sold to a church in San Antonio, where I believe it is in regular use. A new instrument, Opus 131 from Orgues Letourneau, will be installed at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in November/December of this year. When complete, I will send stoplist, description and photos. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> and the church website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Austin, Texas
     Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

     Reuter   Op. 1354   1962   3/41
     ___________________________________________
       
     GREAT (exposed)              CHOIR
  8' Principal     61          8' Gedeckt     61
  8' Spitzflöte    61          8' Erzähler    61
  4' Octave        61          4' Koppelflöte 61
  4' Nachthorn     61      2 2/3' Nasard      61
  2' Fifteenth     61          2' Blockflöte  61
III  Mixture      183      1 3/5' Tierce      61
  8' Trompette     49 a        8' Basset
                                  Tremolo
     SWELL                     8' Trompette   GT
  8' Rohrflöte     68          4' Trompette   GT
  8' Viola         68
  8' Viola Celeste 56             PEDAL
  4' Principal     68         32' Resultant   --
  4' Traversflöte  68         16' Principal   32 b
  2' Doublette     61         16' Subbass     32 S
III  Mixture      183         16' Quintadena  32 S
  8' Trumpet       68          8' Octave      32 C
  4' Hautbois      68          8' Quintadena  12 S
     Tremolo                   4' Octave      12 C
                             III  Mixture     96 C
     POSITIV                  16' Trombone    32 S
  8' Bourdon       61          8' Trombone    12 S
  4' Principal     61
  4' Spillflöte    61
  2' Gemshorn      61
 II  Zimbel       122

  a  Located in the gallery with the Positiv
  b  Installed by Reuter in 1967 in the north transept
  S  Located in the Swell expression box
  C  Located in the Choir expression box  

 [Received online from Jeff Scofield August 29, 2012}

Websites

Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd - Austin: Home: Organ Specification - Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)