Unknown - Church interior (Historical Marker Database/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Church exterior (blocosigma.com.br/Jeff Scofield)
2005-11-24 - Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005. -Database Manager
2012-12-26 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Last service held December 25, 2012; church to be closed by the conference on June 13, 2013. -Database Manager
2021-09-11 - After the church was closed, Hyde Park United Methodist Church purchased the building thru the UMC Conference; the sanctuary is now an event space and used for contemporary services, as well as providing help and assistance for Tampa citizens. At a later time, Joe Wiessinger, longtime former Reuter rep and installer, along with Ron Streicher (who took over all Joe's organ service contracts when he retired ) completely tuned the instrument and added new cable from the organ to the newly movable console. -Jeff Scofield
2024-08-27 - Updated through online information from Roland __________ ? (August 26, 2024): This church was permanently closed in 2011. -Jim Stettner
Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> July 1968 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Tampa, Florida
First Methodist Church
Reuter Op. 1642 1968 3/40
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GREAT SWELL
16' Quintaton 61 8' Geigen Principal 61
8' Principal 61 8' Rohrflote 61
8' Bourdon 61 8' Salicional 61
4' Octave 61 8' Celeste 49
4' Spillflote 61 4' Principal 61
2' Super Octave 61 4' Koppelflote 61
III Fourniture 183 2 2/3' Nasard 61
Sub 2' Blockflote 61
Unison Off 1 3/5' Tierce 61
Super 16' Fagotto 61
8' Spanish Trumpet 61 8' Trumpet 61
4' Hautbois 24
PEDAL Tremulant
16' Principal 32 Sub
16' Bourdon 32 Unison Off
16' Quintaton GT Super
16' Holzgedeckt 12 CH
8' Octave 32 CHOIR-POSITIV
8' Bourdon 12 8' Holzgedeckt 61
8' Quintaton GT 8' Gemshorn 61
4' Superoctave 12 8' Celeste 49
4' Bourdon 12 4' Hohlflote 61
4' Holzgedeckt CH 2' Principal 61
2' Octavin 32 1 1/3' Quinte 61
III Fourniture 96 1' Sifflote 61
16' Bombarde 32 III Cymbel 183
16' Fagotto SW 8' Krummhorn 61
8' Bombarde 12 Tremulant
8' Fagotto SW Sub
4' Spanish Trumpet GT Unison Off
Super
8' Spanish Trumpet GT
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