Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1501 (1966)

First Baptist Church
1400 S Main St.
Hopkinsville, KY

Images

2015-05-01 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2007-03-17 - Church interior (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2007-03-17 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2007-03-17 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2007-03-17 - Builder nameplates (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2007-03-17 - Console (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2007-03-17 - Church interior (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
39 stops
49 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)
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

2021-08-03 - Console renovated by Miller Pipe Organ Service in 1999. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist coped from <i>The Diapason</i> date undocumented Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Hopkinsville, Kentucky
       First Baptist Church

       Reuter   Op. 1501   1966   3/47
       ________________________________________________

       GREAT                        CHOIR
   16' Quintaten       61        8' Gedeckt          68
    8' Principal       61        8' Gemshorn         68
    8' Bourdon         61        8' Gemshorn Celeste 56
    4' Octave          61        4' Spillflöte       68
    4' Koppelflöte     61        2' Principal        61
    2' Fifteenth       61    1 1/3' Quint            61
   IV  Mixture        244       II  Cymbel          122
       Sub                       8' Krummhorn        61
       Unison Off                   Tremolo
       Super                        Sub
       Chimes                       Unison Off
       Blank                        Super
                                    Blank
       SWELL
    8' Geigenprincipal 68           PEDAL
    8' Rohrflöte       68       32' Acoustic Bourdon --
    8' Viole de Gambe  68       16' Principal        32
    8' Viole Celeste   56       16' Bourdon          32
    4' Principal       68       16' Violone          32
    4' Hohlflöte       68       16' Quintaten        GT
2 2/3' Nasard          61        8' Octave           32
    2' Blockflöte      61        8' Bourdon          12
1 3/5' Tierce          61        8' Violone          12
  III  Mixture        183        8' Quintaten        GT
   16' Fagotto         68        4' Choralbass       32
    8' Trumpet         68        4' Bourdon          12
    8' Oboe            68        2' Waldflöte        32
    8' Vox Humana     (pf)     III  Mixture          96
    4' Clarion         68       32' Contra Fagotto   12
       Tremolo                  16' Bombarde         32
       Sub                      16' Fagotto          SW
       Unison Off                8' Bombarde         12
       Super                     8' Fagotto          SW
                                 4' Schalmei         32
                                 
      [Received online from Jeff Scofield July 12, 2012]