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Reuter Organ Co. (2021)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
524 Duncan
Stillwater, OK

Images

2021-09-30 - Church exterior (Photograph by YoSam on Waymarking, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2021-11-23 - Chancel, choir loft, and exposed pipework in front of pipe chamber (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-03-13 - Exposed pipework (Photograph by Rebecca Groom te Velde, submitted by Micheal Crockett/Micheal Crockett)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
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

2023-03-15 - This entry represents tonal additions and mechanical refurbishing. Identified from a published organ history on the parish website. The church's long-time organ technician/builder Roger Banks died on June 5, 2019 (born 1940). JR Neutel, President of the Reuter Organ Company, personally assumed the care of the instrument a couple of months later. He planned and oversaw the 2021 renovation, addition, and repairs made by Reuter personnel. A new Trompette rank built by Reuter and installed; the Swell division was reconfigured for better maintenance and easier access to all pipes, new keyboards for the console (high quality, estimated to last 50 years) were installed, the pedal keys and action were refurbished, and tuning and regulating of pipes. Reuter personnel removed the Swell Hautbois for cleaning at the shop, reinstalled and re-regulated it, all at no charge. Onsite work completed Aug. 24-27, 2021. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of Organist, Rebecca te Velde 2021

Stillwater, Oklahoma
First Presbyterian Church

-Reuter Organ Co., Opus 1125, 1955
-W. J. Stephens, 1993 - Tonal Change
-Roger A. Banks & Assoc., 1996 - Tonal changes & Additions
-Roger A. Banks & Assoc., 2008-09 - Tonal Changes & Additions
-Reuter Organ Co., 2021 - Tonal Additions


       GREAT 
16’    Violone            (Ped)  __
8’     Principal ++              61
8’     Gedeckt                   61
8’     Erzähler                  61
8’     Erzähler Celeste    (tc)  49
4’     Octave                    61
4’     Spill Flöte               61
2’     Flachflöte +++            61
III    Mixture +++              183
8’     Liturgical Trumpet        61
       Tremolo

Great to Great 16’        
Great Unison Off
Great to Great 4’       


       SWELL (Expressive)
16’    Rohr Gedeckt ++           12
8’     Rohrflöte                 61
8’     Viola                     61
8’     Viola Celeste       (tc)  49
4’     Spitz Principal ++        61
4’     Nachthorn                 61
2-2/3’ Nazard                    61
2’     Doublette                 61
1-3/5’ Tierce                    61
1’     Zauberflöte               61
III    Plein Jeu ++             183
8’     Trompette (2021) ++++     61                       
8’     Hautbois +                61
8’     Vox Humana                61
       Tremolo
 
Swell to Swell 16’
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4’


       PEDAL
32’    Quintbass ++     (Res)  --
16’    Violone                 32
16’    Bourdon ++              32
16’    Rohr Gedeckt      (Sw)  --
8’     Octave +++              32
8’     Bourdon ++              12
8’     Rohrflöte         (Sw)  --
4’     Octave                  12
4’     Rohrflöte ++      (Sw)  --
III    Mixture +++       (Gt)  --
16’    Bombarde          (Gt)  12
8’     Trompette ++++    (Sw)  --

Ernest & Betty Hodnett Cymbelstern (2005)


       COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal                  8,4
Great to Pedal                  8

Swell to Great               16,8,4


       FINGER PISTONS
General                      1 - 10
Swell                         1 - 6
Great                         1 - 6
Full Organ                    (rev)
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       TOE STUDS
General                       1 - 8
Pedal                         1 - 6
Full Organ                    (rev)


PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression             (bal.)
Crescendo                    (bal.)


       MEMORY
32 levels of memory


       LEGEND
+   1993: replaced original 4’ Schalmei
++  1996: renovation. Added used pipes except Gt. Principal, new rank
+++ 2009:
++++2021: new Sw. 8' Trompette rank,new keyboards, refurbished pedals,
          cleaned and repaired Sw. Hautbois, moved and raised windchest
          in the Swell chamber. All work done by the original builder,
          Reuter Organ Co., of Lawrence, KS.

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