Reuter Organ Company centennial

Reuter Organ Company, Lawrence, Kansas, is celebrating its centennial.

Adolph Reuter launched the firm on April 17, 1917, after 15 years’ experience with Henry Pilcher’s Sons in Louisville, Kentucky, and Wicks Organ Company in Highland, Illinois. The occasion was announced in The Diapason’s April 1, 1917, issue, page 2. Reuer’s first installation occurred by the end of the year, an organ for Trinity Episcopal Church, Mattoon, Illinois, an instrument still in regular use.

Reuter now claims more than 2,240 organs on its opus list. A centennial recital will occur at Trinity Church, Mattoon, November 19, at 4:00 p.m. For information: www.reuterorgan.com.