Reuter Organ Co.
Opus 1378, 1962
First Baptist Church
Sanctuary
111 Park Avenue
Worcester, MA, US
79 Ranks - 4,439 Pipes
Instrument ID: 21175 ● Builder ID: 5237 ● Location ID: 19189
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 Divisions56 Stops76 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Exhibited in the 1983 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
According to the 1983 OHS Handbook, the organ was undergoing ongoing tonal revisions by Theodore Gil bert. "The 1962 Reuter organ was designed by Franklin Mitchell, tonal director of Reuter, and Barclay Wood, organist of the church, who has also supervised the subsequent tonal revisions."
Database Manager on August 30th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.
Database Manager on November 24th, 2005:
Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005.
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