In January of 1952, the church, with a great effort by Nita Akin, began raising money for an organ renovation. In 1953, the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company of Boston, Massachusetts, began to rebuild the Reuter organ, utilizing some of the old Reuter main windchests, the old Reuter pedal stops and offset chests, and some of the old pipes. It was designed by G. Donald Harrison, president of Aeolian-Skinner, and installed by T. J. and Jimmy Williams of New Orleans. Roy Perry of Kilgore, Texas, representative of Aeolian-Skinner, installed the new console. This renovation was completed in 1954. The Echo division was retained, but the rest of the old organ chambers and pipes were moved into the chancel area, with the Swell and Choir divisions placed on the east side, and the Great, Solo, String, and Pedal division on the west side of the chancel. The old organ chambers were closed off, and new stained glass windows were installed to replace the old organ grills. (The space used for the old organ chambers would become our Heritage Room in 1975.) The cost of this project was $50,257; $5,000 was taken from the budget, and 53 different people gave the rest. The organ was valued at $100,000 when completed. This 81-rank organ had 5,242 organ pipes with a beautiful 4-maunal Aeolian-Skinner organ console. On February 20, 1955, Nita Akin gave the dedication concert.
SPECIFICATIONS:
81 Ranks, 5242 Pipes
4 Manuals, 95 Speaking Stops
The Stoplist
| GREAT (17 Ranks; Unenclosed) |
SOLO (5 Ranks; Enclosed)
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| 16 | Quintaten | 8 | Grosse Flute |
| 8 | Principal | 8 | French Horn |
| 8 | Spitz Principal | 8 | English Horn |
| 8 | Clarabella | 8 | Trompette en Chamade |
| 8 | Bourdon | (Unenclosed) | |
| 4 | Principal | 8 | Trompette Harmonique |
| 4 | Flute Harmonique | 4 | Clairon Harmonique |
| 2-2/3 | Quint | Tremulant | |
| 2 | Super Octave | Chimes (Great) | |
| III-V | Furniture | Solo 16 | |
| III | Cymbel | Solo 4 | |
| Chimes | |||
| Carillon (Outside) | ECHO (8 Ranks; Enclosed) | ||
| 8 | Violin Diapason | ||
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SWELL (20 Ranks; Enclosed)
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8 | Gedeckt | |
| 16 | Bourdon | 8 | Muted Viole |
| 8 | Geigen | 8 | Erzahler |
| 8 | Bourdon | 8 | Erzahler Celeste |
| 8 | Gedeckt | 4 | Fern Flote |
| 8 | Salicional | 8 | Corno d’Amour |
| 8 | Viole Celeste | 8 | Vox Humana |
| 8 | Dolce Flute | Tremulant | |
| 8 | Unda Maris | Echo 16 | |
| 4 | Prestant | Echo 4 | |
| 4 | Flute Courte | ||
| 2-2/3 | Nazard |
STRING (7 Ranks; Enclosed)
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| 2 | Spillflote | 8 | Viole d’Orchestre |
| V | Plein Jeu | 8 | Viola da-Gamba |
| 16 | Contra Fagotto | 8 | Viole Celeste |
| 8 | Trompette | 4 | Violina |
| 8 | Fagotto | III | String Mixture |
| 4 | Clairon | String Tremulant | |
| 8 | Vox Humana | ||
| Tremulant |
PEDAL (7 Ranks; Unenclosed)
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| Swell 16 | 32 | Resultant | |
| Swell Unison Off | 16 | Open Bass | |
| Swell 4 | 16 | Principal | |
| 16 | Bourdon | ||
| CHOIR (17 Ranks; Enclosed) | 16 | Gamba (Choir) | |
| 16 | Gamba | 16 | Lieblich Gedeckt (Swell) |
| 8 | Viola Pomposa | 8 | Principal |
| 8 | Viole Celeste | 8 | Flute |
| 8 | Concert Flute | 8 | Lieblich Bourdon (Swell) |
| 8 | Stopped Diapason | 4 | Principal |
| 8 | Dulciana | 4 | Flute |
| 8 | Unda Maris | 4 | Dolce Flute (Swell) |
| 4 | Montre | III | Mixtur |
| 4 | Koppel Flote | 16 | Ophicleide |
| 2-2/3 | Nasat | 16 | Fagotto (Swell) |
| 2 | Blockflote | 8 | Trompette |
| 1-3/5 | Terz | 4 | Clairon |
| III | Cymbel | Chimes (Great) | |
| 8 | Clarinet | ||
| 4 | Hautbois | ||
| Tremulant | |||
| Harp | |||
MANUAL LOCATION
| I | Choir, String | II | Great, String |
| III | Swell, String | IV | Solo, Echo, String |
COUPLERS
| Swell To Great | Sub, Unison, Super | Great to Pedal | Unison |
| Choir to Great | Sub, Unison, Super | Swell to Pedal | Unison, Super |
| Solo to Great | Sub, Unison, Super | Choir to Pedal | Unison, Super |
| Swell to Choir | Sub, Unison, Super | Solo to Pedal | Unison, Super |
| Solo to Choir | Sub, Unison, Super | Echo to Pedal | Unison |
PISTONS
| General | 12 (Thumb and Toe) | ||
| Great | 8 and 0 (Thumb) | ||
| Swell | 8 and 0 (Thumb) | ||
| Choir | 6 and O (Thumb) | ||
| Solo | 5 and 0 (Thumb) | ||
| Echo | 3 and 0 (Thumb) | ||
| Pedal | 6 and 0 (Toe) | ||
| General Cancel | |||
| Coupler Cancel | |||
| Setter Button |
REVERSIBLES
| Great to Pedal | (Thumb and Toe) | ||
| Swell to Pedal | (Thumb and Toe) | ||
| Choir to Pedal | (Thumb and Toe) | ||
| Solo to Pedal | (Thumb and Toe) | ||
| Swell to Great | (Thumb) | ||
| Choir to Great | (Thumb) | ||
| Solo to Great | (Thumb) | ||
| Swell to Choir | (Thumb) | ||
| Solo to Choir | (Thumb) | ||
| Full Organ | (Thumb and Toe, with Indicator Light) | ||
MISCELLANEOUS CONTROLS
All Swells (Thumb Piston, with Indicator Light)
Crescendo Pedal (with Indicator Light)
Expression Pedals: String, Choir, Swell, Solo
Control Swiches (Piston): Orchestral and Regular Crescendo; Echo, Solo, Both, 0 (on Manual IV)
Signals: Altar (left and right sides), Rear of Sanctuary, Entrance to Cancel Area
ACCESSORIES
Console lighting
Solid State Logic Multilevel Capture System (8 Memory Levels with Settable Full Organ)
For more information about FUMC Pipe Organs, contact
Dr. Kiyo Watanabe, Organist: 940-766-4231, x231.