Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. (1984)

First Christian Church
210 N. Fifth Street
Ponca City, OK

Images

2018-09-25 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-02-21 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
48 stops
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 (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Syndyne MS8400
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2013-02-18 - New console for the existing organ. Identified by Jeff Scofield, using information found in Factory specifications. -- Replacement/addition ranks contracted via Roger Banks in 1995 as Reuter Parts Job #50048. -Database Manager

2017-06-26 - Updated by Joshua Miller, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

2019-02-26 - Updated by Josh Miller, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br> -Database Manager

2019-09-23 - Updated by Josh Miller, who has heard or played the organ. New solid state control system by Syndyne installed by Burton Tidwell in 2019. Console rebuilt. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

        Ponca City, Oklahoma
        First Christian Church

        Reuter   Op. 456   1935   3/24   
        Reuter     #5623   1984          console
        Reuter    #50048   1995    /10   additions
        _________________________________________________

        1984 console specifications (Parts Job #5623)
  
        GREAT (encl w/CH)               SWELL
     8' Principal        61 a       16' Bourdon        73
     8' Doppelflöte      73          8' Open Diapason  73
     8' Gamba            73          8' Gedeckt        73
     4' Octave           61 a        8' Salicional     73
     2' Super Octave     61 b        8' Voix Celeste   73
III-IV  Mixture         226 b        8' Tibia Clausa   73
     8' Trumpet          73          4' Flute Harmonic 73
        Sub                      2 2/3' Nasard         61 b
        Unison Off                   2' Blockflute     61 b
        Super                    1 3/5' Tierce         61 b
                                   III  Dolce Cornet  183
        CHOIR                        8' Oboe           73
     8' Violin Diapason  73          8' Vox Humana     73
     8' Concert Flute    73             Tremolo
     8' Dulciana         73             Sub
     8' Unda Maris       73             Unison Off
     4' Flute d'Amour    73             Super
     8' Corno d'Amour    73
        Tremolo                         PEDAL
        Sub                         16' Principal      pf
        Unison Off                  16' Major Bass     12 GT
        Super                       16' Subbass        32
                                    16' Bourdon        SW
                                     8' Principal      pf
                                     8' Subbass        12
                                     4' Principal      pf

     a  Replaced in 1995 as Reuter Parts Job #50048
     b  new pipework in 1995 also as Parts Job #50048

        Both contracted by Roger Banks for the church

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield February 19, 2013]

Documents

(1995-06-02) Parts Order, Reuter Organ Co. via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#20200 - Reuter Organ Co. Opus 456 (1935)