Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1523 (1966)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
400 Scurry Street
Big Spring, TX

Images

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Gabe Martinez/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
30 stops
40 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2005-11-24 - Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005. -Database Manager

2012-09-07 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Great and Pedal unenclosed on the front wall, Swell and Choir in chambers to each side. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> undocumented issue Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

        Big Spring, Texas
        First Methodist Church

        Reuter   Op. 1523   1966   3/37
        __________________________________________

        GREAT                    SWELL
    16' Quintaton   61        8' Rohrflöte      68
     8' Principal   61        8' Viole de Gambe 68
     8' Bourdon     61        8' Viole Celeste  56
     4' Octave      61        4' Principal      68
 2 2/3' Twelfth     61        4' Flute Conique  68
     2' Fifteenth   61        2' Waldflöte      61
    IV  Fourniture 244      III  Plein Jeu     183
        Sub                  16' Fagotto        68
        Unison Off            8' Trompette      68
        Super                 4' Hautbois       68
        Chimes                   Tremolo
                                 Sub
        PEDAL                    Unison Off
    16' Principal   32           Super
    16' Bourdon     32
    16' Quintaton   GT           CHOIR
10 2/3' Bourdon      7        8' Nasonflöte     68
     8' Octave      32        8' Dolcan         68
     8' Bourdon     12        8' Dolcan Celeste 56
     8' Quintaton   GT        4' Koppelflöte    68
     8' Rohrflöte   SW    2 2/3' Nasard         61
     4' Choralbass  32        2' Blockflöte     61
     4' Bourdon     12    1 3/5' Tierce         61
     2' Bourdon     12        4' Schalmei       68
   III  Mixture     96           Tremolo
    16' Fagotto     SW           Sub
     8' Trompette   SW           Unison Off
     4' Schalmei    CH           Super

[Received online from Jeff Scofield September 2, 2012]