Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 2224 (2004)

First United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
102 N. 2nd Street
Temple, TX

Images

2015-08-25 - Stained Glass Windows (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2015-08-25 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2015-08-25 - Left Drawknobs (Pedal and Swell) (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2015-08-25 - Right Drawknobs (Great and Choir) (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2015-08-25 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2004-11-25 - Chancel, Console, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph courtesy of the Reuter Organ Company/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
28 stops
51 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: Computerized/Digital
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

2010-06-07 - Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ chambers are located above the choir loft. -Database Manager

2015-08-30 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -Database Manager

2015-09-01 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- The church has an historical marker from the Texas Historical Commission:<br><br>The Rev. E. R. Barcus served as the first pastor of the congregation, organized in 1882, one year after the city of Temple was founded. The original structure on this site was destroyed by fire in 1911.<br><br>The present Romanesque Revival building was finished three years later. Architects were Sanguinet & Staats of Fort Worth. For many years civic meetings and school functions were conducted in the sanctuary, the largest in the area. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1979 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Reuter promotional material Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Temple, Texas
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Reuter Organ Company     Opus 2224     2004     34 ranks
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GREAT:                           CHOIR:
   16' Rohrflute [SW]                8' Principal
    8' Diapason                      8' Gedeckt
    8' Bourdon                       8' Flute Dolce
    8' Harmonic Flute                8' Flute Celeste [TC]
    4' Octave                        4' Principal [ext]
    4' Spillflute                    4' Harmonic Flute
    2' Super Octave                  2' Doublette
   IV  Fourniture                1 1/3' Larigot
   16' Oboe [SW]                     8' Cromorne
    8' Festival Trumpet [CH]        16' Festival Trumpet [TC]
    8' Trompette [SW]                8' Festival Trumpet
       Chimes *                         Harp [GT] *
       Harp *                           Tremolo
       MIDI                             MIDI

PEDAL:                           SWELL:
   32' Resultant                    16' Rohrflute [ext]
   16' Principal                     8' Rohrflute
   16' Subbass                       8' Viole de Gambe
   16' Rohrflute [SW]                8' Viole Celeste [TC]
    8' Principal [ext]               4' Principal
    8' Subbass [ext]                 4' Hohlflute
    8' Rohrflute [SW]            2 2/3' Nazard
    4' Principal [ext]               2' Blockflute [ext]
    4' Subbass [ext]             1 3/5' Tierce
   16' Bombarde [ext]               IV  Plein Jeu
   16' Oboe [SW]                    16' Oboe [ext]
    8' Bombarde [CH]                 8' Trompette 
    8' Trompette [SW]                8' Oboe
    4' Clarion [SW]                  4' Clarion [ext]
    4' Oboe [SW]                        Tremolo
       MIDI                             MIDI

    * Digital Stop

[Received online from Chad Boorsma June 07, 2010.]