Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1517 (1966)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary; front
56 Whitlock Avenue
Marietta, GA

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

Images

1999-06-29 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1999-06-29 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1999-06-29 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
38 stops
31 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 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

2006-12-04 - Updated through online information from Don Furr. -- The console was replaced with a new four-manual a couple of years ago, and additions were made to the organ. I purchased the Reuter three-manual console which is currently used on my home organ. -Database Manager

2007-08-29 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Three-manual Klann console added ca. 2002; Reuter console sold to Don Furr and used with his home organ. -Database Manager

2020-12-08 - In June of 2020 the Reuter was removed from this location and moved to Gardendale Mount Vernon UMC in Gardendale, Alabama where it is currently in storage. As of December 8th 2020, plans are to refurbish, re-leather, and install the instrument in the sanctuary. -William Forsyth

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from The Diapason, May 1965 May 1965

       Marietta, Georgia
       First Methodist Church

       Reuter   Op. 1517   1966   3/37
       ___________________________________________________

       GREAT                                 CHOIR (Expressive)
8'     Principal            61        8'     Nasonflöte           61
8'     Bourdon              61        8'     Spitzflöte           61
4'     Octave               61        8'     Spitzflöte Celeste   49
4'     Koppelflöte          61        4'     Nachthorn            61
2 2/3' Twelfth              61        2'     Doublette            61
2'     Fifteenth            61        1 1/3' Larigot              61
IV     Fourniture          244        8'     Cor Anglais          61
       Chimes                                Tremolo
Sub                                   Sub
Unison Off                            Unison Off
Super                                 Super


       SWELL (Expressive)                    PEDAL
8'     Geigen Principal     61        32'    Acoustic Bass        --
8'     Rohrflöte            61        16'    Principal            32
8'     Viola da Gamba       61        16'    Bourdon              32
8'     Viole Celeste        54        16'    Rohr Gedeckt   (Sw)  12
4'     Geigen Octave        61        8'     Octave               32
4'     Hohlflöte            61        8'     Bourdon              12
2 2/3' Nasard               61        8'     Rohrflöte      (Sw)  --
2'     Blockflöte           61        4'     Choralbass           32
1 3/5' Tierce               61        4'     Bourdon              12
III    Mixture             183        16'    Bombarde             32
8'     Trompette            61        8'     Bombarde             12
4'     Clarion              61        4'     Clarion              12
       Tremolo
Sub
Unison Off
Super


[Received online from Jeff Scofield July 15, 2012]