2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1969 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Completely unenclosed. Organ is in its 4th location (previous locations not named). -Database Manager
2009-10-29 - Updated through online information from Mark Thompson. -- The organ is extant and playable, regularly used in worship services. Although the majority of the casework was removed at some time in the past, before the 1987 rebuilding, the keydesk, impost, and other parts of the front of the case are preserved. The wood used is ash. As the original finish was completely covered by several types of finishes during various remodelings of the church where the organ originally stood, all of the remaining woodwork was completely stripped and refinished with the stain color selected to match the original as nearly as possible, based on portions of the woodwork not re-stained or repainted during the organ's previous service. The pedalboard compass is 27 notes. As the hand pump mechanism was removed when the first blower was installed, and the swell shades removed at an unknown time in the past, the knob originally labeled "Bellows Signal" was re-used to provide the stopknob for the new Mixture II stop. All remaining woodwork is original to the organ except for the pedal natural and sharp caps. The reservoir was re-leathered during the 1987 rebuild, and the pallets were also re-leathered. The action is original with the exception of the three top notes, which were repaired using modern metal trackers prior to the 1987 rebuilding. Tuning is equal temperament, A440. The pedal stop, a wooden stopped flute design, sits on its own windchest and is registered by means of a ventil; the manual stops are on a slider chest. Wind pressure was set as nearly as possible to the original wind pressure as determined by research and testing the wind pressure of the (at that time) unaltered Barckhoff organ at Freedom Township, Minnesota. That organ is a virtual twin of the Decoria Township (Good Thunder, MN) organ, with minor differences in facade design. Every effort was made to keep all remaining parts of the organ original. When replacements of worn parts were needed, e.g., leather nuts, the replacements were made of the same materials. The pedal natural and sharp caps were too worn for re-use; these parts were sent to Organ Supply Industries where replacement parts were made, duplicating the original shapes. -Database Manager
2009-10-30 - Updated through online information from Mark Thompson. -- The 1987 rebuild added a two-rank mixture, bringing the total number of ranks in the organ to 8. -Database Manager
Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Redeemer Lutheran, Good Thunder, MN Manual: Open Diapason 8' (1-4 stopped, 5-19 in facade) Flute 8' (wood) Dulciana 8' Principal 4' Flute Harmonic 4' Pedal: Bourdon 16' Manual to Pedal Bellows Signal (in 1969, a new tremolo)
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