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Vogelpohl & Spaeth Opus 55 (1908)

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church: Sanctuary; front
45704 153rd St.
Summit (Mazeppa Township), SD

Images

2017-04-03 - Keydesk (Photograph by Nathan G. Zastrow, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2022-02-27 - Stenciled facade pipes (Photograph by Janelle Atyeo via Tri State Neighbor, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2017-04-03 - Organ (Photograph by Nathan G. Zastrow, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2013-07-04 - Organ from rear gallery (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2022-02-27 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Photograph by Janelle Atyeo via Tri State Neighbor, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 1917 - Church exterior and congregation (Photograph from an archival source: Church archives via Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
7 stops
7 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has combination trundles

Notes

2015-07-24 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by John J. Miller, using information found in Vogelpohl & Spaeth company ledger, now in the collection of the Brown County Historical Society (New Ulm, MN). The organ was installed as Opus 55 on March 12, 1909. Organ was purchased for $800. The organ is unaltered aside from an electric blower added in the 1920's. -Database Manager

2022-11-17 - Note copied from a duplicate entry: **Database Manager on July 24, 2015:** Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- web page notes: "The organ is still in excellent condition and is virtually unaltered other than the addition of an electric blower in the 1920s. Even the leather on the bellows is original." -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from the console

Summit (Mazeppa Township), South Dakota
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Vogelpohl & Spaeth, Opus 55, 1908 - Original Specifications


   GREAT                                     COUPLERS (as mech. pistons)
8  Open Diapason                             Sw. to Ped.          On/Off
8  Dulciana	                             Gr. to Ped.          On/Off
4  Octave
	                                     Sw. to Gr.           On/Off

   SWELL (Expressive)
8  Stopped Diapason                          FOOT TRUNDLES
8  Salicional                                Great Piano - 
4  Flute
   Tremolo                                   Great Forte -


   PEDAL                                     PEDAL MOVEMENTS
16 Bourdon                                   Swell Expression     (bal.)

Websites

Facts about the St. John\'s Church 1908 Pipe Organ [DEAD LINK] - Description/brief history (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)