Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1711 (1970)

Lester Memorial United Methodist Church
108 3rd Ave. E
Oneonta, AL

Images

2015-07-27 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Michael Waters/Database Manager)

2015-07-27 - Console (Photograph by Michael Waters/Database Manager)

2015-07-27 - Chancel and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Michael Waters/Database Manager)

2015-07-27 - Pedalboard (Photograph by Michael Waters/Database Manager)

2015-07-27 - Console (Photograph by Michael Waters/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
6 stops
37 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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

Notes

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

2006-01-06 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2010-01-09 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console June, 1987 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Oneonta, Alabama
Lester Memorial United Methodist Church

Reuter Organ Co., Opus 1711, 1970 - Original Specifications

GREAT (Expressive)         SWELL (Expressive)         PEDAL (Expressive)
   16    Gemshorn             8     Gedeckt              16    Bourdon
   8     Principal            8     Gemshorn             16    Dolce Bass
   8     Gedeckt              8     Gemshorn Celeste     8     Octave
   8     Gemshorn             4     Principal            8     Gedeckt
   8     Gemshorn Celeste     4     Gedeckt              8     Gemshorn
   4     Octave               4     Gemshorn             4     Super Octave
   4     Gedeckt              4     Gemshorn Celeste     4     Gedeckt
   2-2/3 Twelfth              2-2/3 Gedeckt Quint        III   Mixture
   2     Super Octave         2     Gedeckt              16    Contre Trompette
   III   Fourniture           1-3/5 Gemshorn Tierce      8     Trompette
   8     Trompette            III   Scharf               4     Clarion
   4     Clarion              8     Trompette
         Chimes               4     Clarion
                                    Tremolo

STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
   16    Bourdon                (Ped)  12   Extension of the 8' Gedeckt
   16    Dolce Bass             (Ped)  --   1-12 from 16' Bourdon on soft wind.
                                            13-32 from the 8' Gemshorn
   16    Gemshorn                (Gt)  --   Tenor C.
   8     Principal               (Gt)  61
   8     Octave                 (Ped)  --   Same as the 8’ Principal
   8     Gedeckt          (Gt/Sw/Ped)  61
   8     Gemshorn         (Gt/Sw/Ped)  61
   8     Gemshorn Celeste     (Gt/Sw)  49   Tenor C.
   4     Octave                  (Gt)  12   Extension of the 8’ Principal
   4     Super Octave           (Ped)  --   Same as the 4' Octave
   4     Gedeckt          (Gt/Sw/Ped)  12   Extension of the 8’ Gedeckt
   4     Gemshorn                (Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Gemshorn
   4     Gemshorn Celeste        (Sw)  12   Extension of the 8’ Gemshorn Celeste
   2-2/3 Twelfth                 (Gt)  --   From the Principal unit
   2-2/3 Gedeckt Quint           (Sw)  --   From the Gedeckt unit
   2     Super Octave            (Gt)  12   Extension of the 8' Principal
   2     Gedeckt                 (Sw)  12   Extension of the 8’ Gedeckt
   1-3/5 Gemshorn Tierce         (Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Gemshorn
   III   Fourniture              (Gt) 183
   III   Scharf                  (Sw)  36   Extension of Gt. III Fourniture
   III   Mixture                (Ped)  --   Same as the III Fourniture
   16    Contre Trompette       (Ped)  12   Extension of the 8' Trompette
   8     Trompette        (Gt/Sw/Ped)  61
   4     Clarion          (Gt/Sw/Ped)  12   Extension of the 8' Trompette
         Tremolo                 (Sw)       Affects the entire instrument
         Chimes                  (Gt)

PIPE SUMMARY
   Principal...........................85
   Gedeckt.............................97
   Gemshorn............................85
   Gemshorn Celeste....................61
   Mixture............................219
   Trompette...........................85

FINGER PISTONS
   General                          1 - 3

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Expression                      (bal.)
   Crescendo                       (bal.)

ACTION: Electro-Pneumatic unit
VOICES: 6
STOPS: 37; inc. chimes
RANKS: 8
PIPES: 632

[Received on line from James R. Stettner January 09, 2010.]