Pipe Organ Database

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Reuter Organ Co. (Opus 1497, 1966)

Location:

First Presbyterian Church
628 Church St.
Alva, OK 73717 US
Sanctuary; front
Organ ID: 21328

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on October 21, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 13 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 11 stops. 22 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) at the front of the room.
  • Built by Reuter Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on October 22, 2022.

Swell (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In center chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
  • Built by Reuter Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on October 22, 2022.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) at the front of the room.
  • Built by Reuter Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on October 22, 2022.
Main:
  • Built by Reuter Organ Co.
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 11
  • Registers: 22
  • Position: Console in fixed position, right.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Tilting/rocking tablets above top manual.
  • Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' pneumatic/mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on October 22, 2022.
Jim Stettner on October 21, 2022:

In 2017, the organ as converted by Reuter to solid state controls with some tonal additions and modifications.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on October 21, 2022.
Database Manager on February 09, 2015:

Updated through online information from Andrew Schaeffer. -- Dr. Marilyn Mason grew up as a parishioner of First Presbyterian Church and her mother was the organist. Dr. Mason took her first lessons at this church and helped design the present instrument. The church has recently started an annual organ recital series in her honor.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on November 24, 2005:

Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Stoplist taken from the console: Open In New Tab Originally published October 14, 2014
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on October 22, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, Pipe Facade, and Chamber Grillework: (2014) Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer.

Console: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2017-01-01

Console: stops, manuals, pistons from bass end: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2017-01-01

Console: stops, manuals, pistons from treble end: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2017-01-01

Console: Great stops: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2017-01-01

Console: Swell stops: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2017-01-01

Console: Pedal stops: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2017-01-01

Console: toe studs: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2017-01-01

Builder's nameplate: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2017-01-01

Console during removal in January 2017: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2017-01-06