Reuter Organ Co.
Opus 1507, 1966
The Citadel
The Summerall Chapel
171 Moultrie Street
Charleston, SC, US
64 Ranks - 3,837 Pipes
Instrument ID: 21311 ● Builder ID: 5237 ● Location ID: 6663
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IMAGES
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 Divisions54 Stops66 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
The chapel and organ were badly damaged by Hurricane Hugo in September 1989; the console was removed for storage at an on-campus warehouse, where the console photo was taken.
Database Manager on August 10th, 2018:
Updated by Eugene R Walter, who has heard or played the organ. Additionally, Eugene R Walter listed this website as a source of information: http://www.citadel.edu/root/chapel-organ-project.
\r\nPer information on the Citadel Chapel website and Cornell Zimmer\'s website, Zimmer has added a new polished copper all-pipe Clarion Militaire mounted en chamade under the large stained glass window at the west end of the church. According to the Chapel website Zimmer has also installed the rebuilt Choir division in the North chamber and is anticipating the re-installation of the Great and much of the Pedal in that same chamber. See the Zimmer website for photos of the console and en Chamade pipework, as well as the new stoplist.
Database Manager on August 9th, 2017:
Updated by Eugene Walter, listing this website as a source of information: http://www.zimmerorgans.com/portfolio-items/opus-135-summerall-chapel-the-citadel-charleston-sc/.
This is the link to the builder's website for the renovation/expansion of the 1966 Reuter instrument
Database Manager on October 27th, 2015:
Updated through online information from Eugene Walter III. -- The Reuter pipework and chests were removed in 2014 by Cornell Zimmer Company as part of a three-phase project that will restore this instrument. The new console with all-digital voices was installed in March 2015. The project is awaiting funding for the next phase: re-installation of the rebuilt Great.
Database Manager on September 9th, 2013:
Updated through online information from Randell Franklyn Busby. -- It is reported that pipework from this organ has been removed from the chambers. A 30-year old 2-manual electronic and off-brand grand piano currently serve as the sole instruments in this building.
Database Manager on February 11th, 2009:
Updated through online information from Eugene Walter. -- Organ ceased to function in 1983 due to electrical fire in console. Pipes and chests mostly in place (some relocated to install speaker system for electronic replacement). Console removed to storage.
Database Manager on November 24th, 2005:
Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005.
Webpage Links: Chapel Organ Project
Related Instrument Entries: Reuter Organ Co. (Opus 500, 1937) , Cornel Zimmer Organ Builders (Opus 135, 2014)
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