First United Methodist Church
1421 Spruce Street
Boulder, CO
OHS convention: 1998
Images
1997-05-04 - Keydesk and Pipe Facade (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
1997-05-04 - Levers and Pedalboard (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
1997-05-04 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
1960-03-03 - Bouder Daily Camera article about organ (Larry Burt Archives, Bouder Daily Camera Article 3.3.1960/Rick Morel)
2023-08-08 - Console (Joshua/Joshua)
2023-08-08 - Console (Joshua/Joshua)
2023-08-08 - Combination Pedals and Pedalboard (Joshua/Joshua)
2023-08-08 - Console and facade (Joshua/Joshua)
2023-08-08 - Right stopjamb (Joshua/Joshua)
2023-08-08 - Left stopjamb (Joshua/Joshua)
2023-08-08 - Tracker Pneumatic Chest (Joshua/Joshua)
Consoles
Main
- 3 manuals
- 34 stops
- Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
Notes
2004-10-30 - The original builder was Frank Roosevelt (1888, Opus382). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Built for Grace Methodist, Denver. Removed in 1958 and moved here in 1960 by Fred Meunier assisted by church volunteers. [Not built for St. Paul's Methodist, S. 14th St. & 13th Ave. as often reported.] Tracker pneumatic action to Ventil chests. -Database Manager
2008-04-29 - Updated through online information from Karen Tobo. -Database Manager
2014-03-25 - Updated through online information from Russ Nyland. -- "Restoration began in February of 2013." -Database Manager
2016-01-29 - This organ was Roosevelt's "Style Fifty-Four" specification. -Database Manager
2017-05-07 - For many years the organ was hidden from view by a screen. -Database Manager
2017-08-12 - Updated by Benjamin Schreckengost, who maintains the organ. <br> <br>Restoration by Morel & Associates completed Fall of 2015. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Specification from church web site Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Boulder, Colorado
First United Methodist Church
Frank Roosevelt Opus 382 1888 3 manuals, 34 stops, 39 ranks
Built for Grace Methodist Church, Denver, Colorado
Moved by Fred H. Meunier Co. and volunteers in 1960
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Double Open Diapason 58 16' Bourdon (split knob) 58
8' Open Diapason 58 8' Open Diapason 58
8' Gemshorn 58 * 8' Spitz Flöte 58
8' Viola di Gamba 58 * 8' Salicional 58
8' Doppel Flöte 58 * 8' Stopped Diapason 58
4' Octave 58 * 4' Octave 58
4' Flute Harmonique 58 * 4' Hohl Flöte 58
2 2/3' Octave Quint 58 * 2' Flageolet 58
2' Super Octave 58 * Cornet 3 ranks 174
Mixture 3 & 4 ranks 196 * 8' Cornopean 58
8' Trumpet 58 * 8' Oboe 58
*included in Choir swell-box
PEDAL ORGAN
CHOIR ORGAN 16' Open Diapason 30
8' Geigen Principal 58 16' Bourdon 30
8' Dolce 58 10 2/3' Quint 30
8' Concert Flute 58 8' Violoncello 30
8' Quintadena 58
4' Fugara 58 MECHANICAL ACCESSORIES
4' Flute d'Amour 58 Swell Tremulant
2' Piccolo Harmonique 58 Choir Tremulant
8' Clarinet 58 Bellows Signal
Eclipse Wind Indicator
COUPLERS
Swell to Great PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell to Great Octaves 3 Swell Adj. Combinations
Choir to Great 3 Great Adj. Combinations
Swell to Choir 2 Choir Adj. Combinations
Swell to Pedal Full Organ
Great to Pedal Pedal Ventil
Choir to Pedal Great to Pedal Reversible
Balanced Swell Pedal
Balanced Choir Pedal
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-01-29]
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