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Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1470 (1964)

Bucknell University: Rooke Chapel
Lewisburg, PA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
46 stops
57 registers
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: Computerized/Digital
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

2008-01-19 - Updated through online information from Dan Hicks. -- The organ is playable and used weekly for worship services and occasionally for special concerts. The main organ chamber is in the front of the chapel with no pipes visible. There are also en chamade pipes in the rear of the chapel on the balcony level. -Database Manager

2014-06-19 - Chamade given in 1991 in honor of Robert Rooke's 100th birthday, by his grandchildren; new Reuter console in 2002. -Database Manager

2014-06-23 - Updated through online information from Jonathan Riss. -- Chancel screen over organ chamber by Louis S. Armento. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> March 1965 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
       Bucknell University
       Rooke Chapel

       Reuter   Op. 1470   1964   3/57
       _______________________________________________

       GREAT                          SWELL
   16' Violone          61         8' Rohrflöte     61
    8' Principal        61         8' Viola         61
    8' Bourdon          61         8' Viola Celeste 61
    4' Octave           61         4' Principal     61
    4' Koppelflöte      61         4' Hohlflöte     61
2 2/3' Twelfth          61     2 2/3' Nasard        61
    2' Fifteenth        61         2' Blockflöte    61
   IV  Mixture         244     1 3/5' Tierce        61
  III  Acuta           183       III  Mixture      183
       Sub                        16' Fagotto       61 
       Unison Off                  8' Trompette     61
                                   8' Oboe          61
       CHOIR                       8' Fagotto       12
    8' Waldflöte        61         4' Clarion       61
    8' Gemshorn         61            Tremolo
    8' Gemshorn Celeste 49            Sub
    4' Fugara           61            Unison Off
    4' Spillflöte       61            Super
    2' Octavin          61
    8' Krummhorn        61            PEDAL
    4' Regal            61        32' Bourdon       32
       Tremolo                    16' Principal     32
    8' Trumpet          61        16' Bourdon       12
       Sub                        16' Violone       GT
       Unison Off             10 2/3' Violone       GT
       Super                       8' Octave        32
       Carillon                    8' Bourdon       12
                                   8' Violone       GT
       POSITIV                     4' Choralbass    32
    8' Singendgedeckt   61         4' Bourdon       12
    4' Spitzprincipal   61         2' Bourdon       12
    4' Pommer           61       III  Mixture       96
    2' Principal        61        16' Bombarde      32
1 1/3' Quint            61        16' Fagotto       SW
    1' Sifflöte         61         8' Bombarde      12
   II  Sesquialtera    122         8' Fagotto       SW
   II  Cymbel          122         4' Schalmei      32

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield July 14, 2012]

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