Reuter Organ Co.
Opus 1909, 1977
First Christian Reformed Church
Sanctuary
16248 South Park Ave.
South Holland, IL, US
Instrument ID: 21718 ● Builder ID: 5237 ● Location ID: 19659
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions✓ Crescendo✓ 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: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Computerized/Digital
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma.
Database Manager on March 6th, 2010:
Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- A MIDI-sequencer player system, including recording and playback, was recently completed.
Database Manager on March 6th, 2010:
Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ was originally built as a 1923 Kimball and purchased by the congregation in 1931. It was expanded previously in 1956.
Database Manager on March 5th, 2010:
Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- This was a major rebuild of the existing transplanted Kimball organ from the congregation's previous home. The work was completed by Don Diestelmeier, a Reuter represenatative and proprietor of the Freeport Organ Company. Twenty ranks (1,312 pipes) were added at this time, including the 7-rank exposed Positiv, a Trumpet en Chamade above the balcony, and a Zymbelstern. Further modified in 1991.
Database Manager on November 24th, 2005:
Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005.
Related Instrument Entries: Unknown Builder (1931) , D.S. Wentz Co. (1956) , James Gruber (Gruber Pipe Organs, Inc.) (1991)
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