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Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1300 (1963)

Dawson Memorial Baptist Church: Sanctuary
1114 Oxmoor Road
Homewood (Birmingham), AL

Images

ca. 1985 - Console before solid state upgrade (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2006-11-06 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
31 stops
42 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - In continued use since its installation. Revoiced by Reuter in 1987. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Great reed and Positiv Spitzflöte added in 1987. -Database Manager

2006-12-04 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Homewood, Alabama
DAWSON MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH

Reuter Organ, 1963


GREAT

8'	Principal             61
8' 	Hohlflöte             61
4' 	Octave                61
4'	Spillflöte            61
2'	Fifteenth             61
1-1/3'  Quint                 61
IV	Mixture              244
16'	Trumpet               12
8'	Trumpet               61
	Chimes
        Great to Great 16'
        Great Unison Off
        Great to Great 4'

SWELL (under expression)

16' 	Rohrbordun            12
8'	Geigen Principal      61
8'	Rohrflöte             61
8'	Viole de Gambe        61 
8' 	Viole Celeste         49
4'	Principal             61
4'	Harmonic Flute        61
2'	Spitzflöte            61
III	Scharf               183
8'	Trumpet               61
8'	Hautbois              61
	Tremolo
        Swell to Swell 16'
        Swell Unison Off
        Swell to Swell 4'

POSITIV (under expression)

8'	Spitzflöte            61
8'	Gedeckt               61
8'	Dulciana              61
4'	Koppelflöte           61
2-2/3'  Nasard                61
2'	Principal             61
1 3/5'	Tierce                61
1'	Sifflöte              61
8'	Basson                61
	Tremolo
        Positiv to Positiv 16'
        Positiv Unison Off
        Positiv to Positiv 4'

PEDAL

16'	Principal             32
16'	Bourdon               32
16'	Rohrbordun       (Sw) --
10 2/3'	Bourdon               --
8'	Principal             32
8'	Bourdon         (Ped) 12
8'	Rohrflöte        (Sw) --
5 1/3	Twelfth         (Ped) --
4'	Choral Bass           12
4'	Bourdon         (Ped) 12
III	Mixture               96
16'	Trumpet               32 
8'	Trumpet               12
4'	Clarion               12

COUPLERS:
Great to Pedal               8,4
Swell to Pedal               8,4
Positiv to Pedal             8,4
Swell to Great            16,8,4
Positiv to Great          16,8,4
Swell to Positiv          16,8,4

FINGER PISTONS
General                    1 - 6
Swell                      1 - 6  
Sw. to Ped.              (rev)
Great                      1 - 6  
Gt. to Ped.              (rev)
Positiv                    1 - 6  
Pos. to Ped.             (rev)
Sforzando                  (rev)
General Cancel

TOE STUDS
General                    1 - 6
Pedal                      1 - 6
Sw. to Ped.                (rev)
Gt. to Ped.                (rev)
Pos. to Ped.               (rev)
Sforz.                     (rev)

PEDAL MOVEMENTS

Swell Expression          (bal.)
Positiv Expression        (bal.)
Crescendo                 (bal.)

[Received from James R. Stettner via e-mail May 2007]

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