Better Pipe Organ Database

Rieger Orgelbau (1972)

Trinity United Methodist Church
601 Milwaukee Street
Charles City, IA

Images

Unknown - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph provided by the church and submitted by Richard Greene/Database Manager)

Unknown - Keydesk (Photograph provided by the church and submitted by Richard Greene/Database Manager)

2012-05-21 - Chancel (Photograph by Mike Maiden/Database Manager)

2012-05-21 - Fa?ade (Photograph by Mike Maiden/Database Manager)

2012-05-21 - Fa?ade Detail - Expession Shutters (Photograph by Mike Maiden/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
26 stops
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - Was Central Methodist. -Database Manager

2012-05-23 - Updated through online information from Mike Maiden. -- The Buckman Memorial Organ The Buckman Memorial Organ was a gift of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Buckman and their daughter, Lorraine Buckman Brenton. BUILDER: Reiger Orgelbau, Schwarzach, Vorarlberg, Austria STYLE: Tracker style, purely mechanical connections between keys and pallets. The only electricity used is to power the blower. CONSOLE: Casework and bench made of selected oak. Three manual plus footpedals. The naturals are of ebony, and the sharps of ivory plated padouk. -Database Manager

2017-07-15 - Updated by Robert Zanca, who has heard or played the organ. There are 8 mechanical combination pedals: I/P [reversible] II/P [reversible] III/P [reversible] I/II [reversible] III/II [reversible] K [programmable; draw knobs turned 1/4 turn will be drawn, all others retired] PL [draws plenum but does not retire any stops] AB [retires all stops and couplers] -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from church records Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Charles City, Iowa USA
Trinity United Methodist Church

Rieger Orgelbau - 1972

SPECIFICATIONS: 26 stops; 38 ranks.

Pedal: 
Principal         16'  copper and tin
Octave             8'  tin
Choralbass         4'  tin
Hintersatz IV  2 2/3'  tin	  
Sub-bass          16'  wood	  
Gedackt            8'  wood
Fagott            16'  wood  

Hauptwerk: 
Principal          8'  tin
Octav              4'  tin
Sesquialter II 2 2/3'  tin
Superoctav         2'  tin		  
Mixtur VI      1 1/3'  tin	
Spitzflöte         8'  tin
Trompete           8'  tin	   

Positiv: 
Salicional         8'  tin
Principal          4'  tin
Scharff IV       2/3'  tin
Rohrflöte          8'  tin
Koppelflöte        4'  tin
Blockflöte         2'  tin
Quintlein      1 1/3'  tin
Krummhorn          8'  brass

Brustwerk: 
Holzgedackt        8'  wood
Holzrohrflöte      4'  wood
Holzflöte          2'  wood
Regal             16'  tin


 [Received from Mike Maiden 2012-06-06.]