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Reuter Organ Co.

First United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
209 W. Green Street
Hastings, MI

Images

2011-11-21 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-11-21 - Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-11-21 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-11-21 - Console, Chancel, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-11-21 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-11-21 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-11-21 - Ceiling Dome (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-11-21 - Stained Glass Window (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
26 stops
3 divisions
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)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2011-11-23 - At some point Reuter added four ranks to the Pedal division, including a 32' Resultant. Also, some time after 1982, the facade pipes were either added or moved from the chamber (information from pictures in the church's 150th anniversary book). -Database Manager

2011-12-26 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2012-08-30 - Updated through online information from Paul Dessau. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from the console (November 21, 2011) and from Reuter factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Hastings, Michigan
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Reuter Organ Company    Opus 1564    24 ranks    1967
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GREAT:                 SWELL:                       PEDAL:
   8' Principal 61         8' Rohrflöte 85           32' Resultant *
   8' Bourdon 61           8' Viole de Gambe 61      16' Bourdon 56
   8' Erzahler 61          8' Viole Celeste [TC] 49  16' Rohrflöte 12 [SW]
   4' Octave 61            4' Nachthorn 61            8' Octave 32
   4' Koppelflöte 61   2 2/3' Nasard 61               8' Rohrflöte [SW]
   2' Fifteenth 61         2' Rohrflöte               4' Choral Bass 32
 III  Mixture 183      1 3/5' Tierce 61             III  Mixture 96 *
   8' Krummhorn 61         8' Trompette 61           16' Posaune 44 *
      Chimes *                Tremolo                 8' Trumpet *

* later additions by Reuter that are written in pencil on the original
  specifications.  The Pedal Posaune rank is listed as "Schlicker" pipes.
  The date for these additions is not known.

  [Received online from Chad Boorsma • November 23, 2011]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#21368 - Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1564 (1967)