Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1534 (1966)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
502 W. Union St.
Morganton, NC

Images

2023-10-02 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-02 - Church interior to rear (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-02 - Builder nameplate (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-02 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-02 - Left stopjam (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-02 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-02 - Organ chambers, exposed pipes and console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-02 - Church interior from floor (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-02 - Church interior from balcony (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
36 stops
53 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

2015-09-04 - Updated through online information from Josiah Riddle. -Database Manager

2023-10-07 - Refurbished by Reuter in 2016. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

       Morganton, North Carolina
       First Baptist Church

       Reuter   Op. 1534   1966   3/47
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT                          CHOIR

   16' Gemshorn         61         8' Gedeckt          61
    8' Principal        61         8' Erzähler         61
    8' Bourdon          61         8' Erzähler Celeste 49
    4' Octave           61         4' Spitzflöte       61
    4' Spillflöte       61         2' Principal        61
    2' Fifteenth        61     1 1/3' Larigot          61
   IV  Fourniture      244       III  Cymbel          183
  III  Scharf          183         8' Krummhorn        61
    8' Bombarde         CH            Tremolo
    4' Bombarde         CH         8' Bombarde         61
       Chimes                      4' Bombarde         12

       SWELL                          PEDAL

   16' Rohrflöte        61        32' Bourdon           7
    8' Geigen Principal 61        16' Principal        32
    8' Rohrflöte        12        16' Bourdon          32
    8' Viole de Gambe   61        16' Gemshorn         GT
    8' Viole Celeste    49        16' Rohrflöte        SW
    4' Principal        61         8' Octave           32
    4' Hohlflöte        61         8' Bourdon          12
2 2/3' Nasard           61         8' Gemshorn         GT
    2' Blockflöte       61         8' Rohrflöte        SW
1 3/5' Tierce           61     5 1/3' Twelfth          --
  III  Plein Jeu       183         4' Choral Bass      32
   16' Fagotto          61         4' Rohrflöte        SW
    8' Trompette        61       III  Mixture          96
    8' Fagotto          12        16' Bombarde         32
    4' Clarion          61        16' Fagotto          SW
       Tremolo                     8' Bombarde         12
                                   8' Fagotto          SW
                                   4' Bombarde         12

         [Received from Jeff Scofield July 11, 2015]