Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1486 (1965)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary; front
22331 Woodward Ave.
Ferndale, MI

Images

2021-11-07 - Interdivisional coupler tablets (Photograph by Timothy Tikker/Timothy Tikker)

2021-11-07 - Builder's nameplate and lighted Chimes button (Photograph by Timothy Tikker/Timothy Tikker)

2021-11-07 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by Timothy Tikker/Timothy Tikker)

2021-11-07 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by Timothy Tikker/Timothy Tikker)

2021-11-07 - Displayed Great pipework and Swell, Choir and Pedal chamber behind (Photograph by Timothy Tikker/Timothy Tikker)

2025-03-17 - Blower (Roman Lizak/Jeff Scofield)

2025-03-17 - Choir division front (Roman Lizak/Jeff Scofield)

2025-03-17 - Choir division rear (Roman Lizak/Jeff Scofield)

2025-03-17 - Great division (Roman Lizak/Jeff Scofield)

2025-03-17 - Pedal upperwork (Roman Lizak/Jeff Scofield)

2025-03-17 - Swell Tierce (Roman Lizak/Jeff Scofield)

2025-03-17 - Swell division (Roman Lizak/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
28 stops
38 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
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

2007-07-28 - Updated through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the console 2021-11-07

       Ferndale, Michigan
       First United Methodist Church

       Reuter   Op. 1486   1965   
       III/P, 28 stops, 38 registers, 31 ranks
       _______________________________________________

      GREAT (II)
8     Principal                  61
8     Bourdon                    61
4     Octave                     61
4     Spill Flöte                61
2     Fifteenth                  61
III   Mixture                   183
      Chimes    (aº-f")         (21) on illuminated button
      MIDI                           was Chimes knob

Great to Great 16
Great Unison Off
Great to Great 4'


      SWELL (Expressive -III)
8     Rohrflöte                  61  
8     Viole de Gambe             61
8     Viole Celeste        (cº)  49
4     Principal                  61
4     Hohlflöte                  61
2 2/3 Nasard                     61
2     Blockflöte                 61
1 3/5 Tierce                     61
II    Mixture                   122
8     Trompette                  61
8     Hautbois                   61
      Tremolo

Swell to Swell 16
Swell Unison Off         
Swell to Swell 4


      CHOIR (Expressive - I)
8     Gedeckt                    61
8     Gemshorn                   61
8     Gemshorn Celeste     (cº)  49
4     Nachthorn                  61
2     Principal                  61
1 1/3 Larigot                    61
8     Krumm Horn                 61
      Tremolo

Choir to Choir 16
Choir Unison Off
Choir to Choir 4


       PEDAL
32    Acoustic Bass              --  from 16' Bourdon   
16    Bourdon                    44
16    Rohrflöte            (Sw)  12
8     Octave                     39
8     Bourdon                    12  from 16' Bourdon
8     Rohrflöte            (Sw)  -- 
5 1/3 Twelfth                    --  from 8' Octave
4     Choral Bass                32
4     Rohrflöte            (Sw)  --
2     Nachthorn                  32
16    Trompette            (Sw)  12
8     Trompette            (Sw)  --
4     Trompette            (Sw)  --
 

GREAT Mixture III:
C                         1' 2/3' 1/2'
c#º                1-1/3' 1' 2/3'
c#'             2' 1-1/3' 1'
c#''.    2-2/3' 2' 1-1/3'
c#''' 4' 2-2/3' 2'

SWELL Mixture II:
C.                 1-1/3' 1'
c'''     2-2/3' 2'


COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal             Unison,4
Great to Pedal             Unison,4
Choir to Pedal             Unison,4

Swell to Great          16,Unison,4
Choir to Great          16,Unison,4

Swell to Choir          16,Unison,4


FINGER PISTONS
General                       1 - 5
Swell                         1 - 5
  Sw. to Ped.                 (rev)
Great                         1 - 5
  Gt. to Ped.                 (rev)
Choir                         1 - 5
  Ch. to Ped.                 (rev)
Full Organ                    (rev)
Set
Gen Can


TOE STUDS
General                       1 - 5
Pedal                         1 - 5
Swell to Pedal                (rev)
Great to Pedal                (rev)
Choir to Pedal                (rev)
Full Organ                    (rev)


COMBINATION COUPLERS
Man. to Ped. Comb.  [Swell]  On/Off
Man. to Ped. Comb.  [Great]  On/Off
Man. to Ped. Comb.  [Choir]  On/Off


PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Choir Expression             (bal.)
Swell Expression             (bal.)
Crescendo                    (bal.)


INDICATOR LIGHTS:
Crescendo (green? is burnt out)
Full Organ (red)
Current (green)


MISC. ACCESSORIES
Maas chime volume knob
Analog clock (not currently functional)


NOTES
Great Midi appears to have replaced Chimes knob, Chimes having been
moved to lighted button next to builder's nameplate.



[Received online from Timothy Tikker, November 7, 2021]

Documents

(1964-02-26) Contract and specs, OHS Archives via Roman Lizak -Jeff Scofield