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Justin Matters (2006-2008)

First Congregational Church
1200 Clark St.
Rapid City, SD

Images

2021-10-15 - Great and Choir stoptabss (new ranks added) (Photograph by Audrey Fenner/Audrey Fenner)

2021-10-08 - Church exterior (Photograph by Audrey Fenner, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-10-08 - Church interior (Photograph by Audrey Fenner, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-10-08 - Exposed Pipes (Photograph by Audrey Fenner, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-10-08 - Great and Choir stoptabs (Photograph by Audrey Fenner, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-10-08 - Swell and Pedal stoptabs (Photograph by Audrey Fenner, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-10-08 - Console (Photograph by Audrey Fenner, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
65 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital

Notes

2021-10-11 - From Rapid City Organists via Facebook: The organ at First Congregational United Church of Christ, Rapid City, South Dakota was originally a two-manual Austin organ, built in 1959. Frederick Swann played the dedication recital of the Austin organ on January 14, 1962. The organ was rebuilt and enlarged by Matters Bros., Inc. in 2006-2008. A Choir Division of 12 ranks was added during the organ expansion project. The new console was designed by Matters-Schlicker and custom built for the church. It is a narrow Conductor’s Console, with the pedal board from the original Austin retained. The organ is a three-manual instrument with 35 ranks of pipes, 9 memory levels, and electro-pneumatic action. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Added to Great: 8'Cornopean and 4' Cornopean. Changed date of original Austin Op. 2366 to 1961. Source: Photos taken by Audrey Fenner 2011; revised 2023

       Rapid City, South Dakota
       First Congregational Church

       Austin   Op. 2366   1961     3/35
       Matters             2006-08  3/35
       ____________________________________________

       GREAT                       SWELL
   16' Diapason                 8' Rohr Flute
    8' Diapason                 8' Viole
    8' Harmonic Flute           8' Voix Celeste
    8' Gemshorn                 4' Principal
    8' Gemshorn Celeste         4' Koppel Flute
    4' Octave               2 2/3' Nazard
2 2/3' Octave Quint             2' Block Flute
    2' Super Octave         1 3/5' Tierce
    2' Flautino                 V  Cornet
  VII  Grand Cornet            16' Bassoon
  III  Fourniture               8' Harmonic Trumpet
   16' Trompette                8' Trompette
    8' Harmonic Trumpet         8' Oboe
    4' Clairon                  8' Clarinet
       Chimes                   8' Cor Anglais
    8' Cornopean                   Tremolo
    4' Cornopean                   Super
       
       PEDAL                       
   32' Principal Resultant
   32' Subbass Resultant           CHOIR
   16' Principal                8' Principal
   16' Subbass                  8' Bourdon
    8' Spitz Principal          8' Gemshorn
    8' Rohr Flute               8' Gemshorn Celeste
    4' Choralbass               4' Octave
    4' Flute                    4' Rohr Flute
  III  Mixture                  4' Gemshorn
   32' Trombone Resultant   2 2/3' Twelfth
   16' Trombone                 2' Fifteenth
   16' Posaune              1 3/5' Seventeenth
   16' Bassoon              1 1/3' Larigot
    8' Trumpet                  1' Principal
    8' Posaune                III  Cymbale
    8' Oboe                    16' Bassoon
    4' Clarion                  8' Trompette
    4' Oboe                     8' Clarinet
                                4' Clarion

   [Received from Jeff Scofield October 11, 2011. Revised by Audrey Fenner August 17, 2023.]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#13173 - Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2366 (1961)