Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. (1970)

First Baptist Church: Auditorium
901 W. Ash St.
Duncan, OK

Images

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Marty Adkinson (August, 2016)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Exposed Pipes (Photograph by Marty Adkinson (August, 2016)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Trumpets in Balcony (Photograph by Marty Adkinson (August 2016)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Display (Photograph (2012) by Kyle Arthur/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
28 stops
49 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler 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

2007-11-28 - Updated through online information from Marty Adkinson. -- The organ console has been "updated" in the past 2 years with new electronics and antiphonal trumpets were added in the balcony in the 1980s; I do not remember the exact date. -Database Manager

2012-09-17 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2014-03-06 - Updated through online information from Kyle Arthur. -- Information from Reuter website opus list. Personally played. -Database Manager

2015-12-13 - Updated through online information from Andrew Schaeffer. -Database Manager

2019-02-28 - Updated by Marty Adkinson, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>I am currently the organist at First Baptist Church, Duncan, Oklahoma. I play the instrument for every Sunday service. It is in very good condition. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> September 1972 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Duncan, Oklahoma
       First Baptist Church

       Reuter   Op. 1737   1971   3/35
       _________________________________________________________
 
       GREAT                             CHOIR
    8' Principal            61        8' Rohrflöte            61
    8' Bourdon              61        8' Dolcan               61
    4' Octave               61        8' Dolcan Celeste       54
    4' Spitzflöte           61        4' Nachthorn            61
    2' Super Octave         61        2' Principal            61
   IV  Fourniture          244    1 1/3' Larigot              61
       Sub                            8' Krummhorn            61
       Unison Off                        Tremulant
       Super                             Sub
    8' Trompette-en-Chamade 61 *         Unison Off
                                         Super
       SWELL                         16' Trompette-en-Chamade tc
   16' Gedeckt              61        8' Trompette-en-Chamade GT
    8' Gedeckt              12        4' Trompette-en-Chamade --
    8' Viola                61           Chimes
    8' Viola Celeste        54
    4' Principal            61           PEDAL
    4' Koppelflöte          61       32' Resultant            --
2 2/3' Nazard               61       16' Principal            32
    2' Gemshorn             61       16' Bourdon              32
1 3/5' Tierce               61       16' Gedeckt              SW
    1' Sifflöte             --        8' Octave               12
  III  Plein Jeu           183        8' Bourdon              12
   16' Bassoon              61        8' Gedeckt              SW
    8' Trompette            61        4' Choral Bass          12
    8' Oboe                 12        4' Gedeckt              SW
    4' Clarion              12      III  Mixture              96
       Tremulant                     16' Contre Trompette     12 SW
       Sub                           16' Bassoon              SW
       Unison Off                     8' Trompette            SW
       Super                          8' Oboe                 SW
                                      4' Krummhorn            CH
    *  added by Reuter in 1972        8' Trompette-en-Chamade GT
                                      4' Trompette-en-Chamade GT

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield September 7, 2012]