2019-07-15 - Church exterior (Photograph by Brian Voss/Brian Voss)
2020-04-07 - Console (Photograph by Brian Voss/Brian Voss)
2022-05-11 - Organ and chambers in rear gallery (Photograph by Brian Voss/Brian Voss)
2009-03-01 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager
2009-11-01 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
Source: Brian Voss, Organist / Accompanist, Elim Lutheran Church 2023-01-15 1/15/2023
Scandia, Minnesota
Elim Lutheran Church
M. P. Möller, Opus 10927, ca. 1974
Antiphonal updated ca. 1979
GREAT
8 Principal 61
8 Bourdon 61
4 Octave 61
2 Klein Principal (pf) --
III Mixture 183
Great 16
Great 4
SWELL (Expressive)
16 Bourdon (W) 12 Ext. unit flute
8 Gedeckt (W) 61 Wangerin unit flute
8 Gemshorn 61
8 Gemshorn Céleste (tc) 49
4 Principal 61
4 Harmonic Flute 61
2-2/3 Nazard (W) -- Unit flute
2 Piccolo (W) 24 Ext. unit flute
1-1/3 Larigot (W) --
1 Sifflöte (W) -- Top octave repeats
8 Trompette (W) 61 Wangerin Cornopean
Tremulant Button to left of Swell manual
Swell 16
Swell Unison Off
Swell 4
CHOIR (Expressive)
8 Concert Flute (W) 61
8 Dulciana (W) 61
4 Koppelflöte (W) 61
4 Nachthorn (W) -- 1-12 uses 4 Koppelflöte
2-2/3 Nazard (W) 61
2 Nachthorn (W) 61
1-1/3 Quint (W) 12 Ext 2-2/3 Nazard
8 Orchestral Oboe (W) 61 Wangerin Clarinet
8 Festival Trumpet 61 Located in Antiphonal
Tremulant Button to right of Choir manual
Choir 16
Choir Unison Off
Choir 4
ANTIPHONAL DIVISION
8 Principal 61 Plays on Choir
8 Hohlflöte 61 Plays on Choir
8 Gedeckt 61 Plays on Great
8 Salicional 61 Plays on Choir
8 Voix Celeste (tc) 49 Plays on Choir
8 Erzähler 61 Plays on Great
8 Erzähler Celeste (tc) 49 Plays on Great
4 Octave 12 Ext 8 Principal, plays on Great
4 Gedeckt 12 Ext 8 Gedeckt, plays on Choir
8 Oboe 61 Plays on Choir
Tremulant Button to right of Great manual
PEDAL ORGAN
16 Open Diapason (W) 32 Wood, enclosed in Choir
16 Bourdon (W) 12 Möller ext of 8 Flute
16 Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) --
8 Principal (W) 32 Wangerin Open Diapason
8 Flute (W) 32 Wangerin Gross Flute
4 Choralbass (W) 12 Ext. 8 Principal
4 Flute (W) 12 Ext. 8 Flute
II Mixture (pf) --
16 Fagotto (Sw) 12 L/2, Ext. Swell 8 Trumpet
TOTAL: 1,827 Pipes 30 Ranks 44 Stops
COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal 8,4
Great to Pedal 8
Choir to Pedal 8,4
Swell to Great 16,8,4
Choir to Great 16,8,4
Swell to Choir 16,8,4
Pneumatic Combination Action System
1 Memory Level consisting of:
6 Generals
5 Swell Divisionals
4 Great and Choir Divisionals
3 Pedal Divisionals
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Per Elim Website 2023/01/15: Elim's 5th and current Pipe Organ was
built by M. P. Möller (Opus 10927) in 1974 and expanded in 1979
under the direction of J. R. Gould & Sons, Inc. It is a 3-Manual,
30-Rank instrument consisting of 1,827 pipes in 5 divisions and
speaks from both the front and back of the sanctuary through pipe
chambers located above and behind the altar as well as the balcony.
The organ is used weekly at the 9:30am worship service, holiday
services and special occasions such as weddings and concerts.
Half of the organ's pipes along with several windchests were orig-
inally installed in Elim's 1930 Wangerin pipe organ (Opus 652) and
were repurposed for use in the 1974 installation. In 1979 the Anti-
phonal division (the part of the organ above/behind the altar) was
rebuilt using refurbished windchests and recycled pipework from at
least 5 different instruments. The current installation contains
parts from no less than 8 different instruments, the oldest parts
dating back to 1916. Two stops, one for the Pedal division and one
for the Great division, were prepared for but never installed.
From the organist:
The organ’s pipes and equipment come from at least 8 different instruments:
* 15 ranks of pipes were re-used from Elim’s previous 1930 Wangerin organ
* 9 ranks came from Möller in the 1974 rebuild, presumed built new
When the Antiphonal was 'refurbished' / 'expanded' in 1979:
* The chest came from Moller Op. 6245, Bohemian Presbyterian c. 1932,
refurbished;
* Portions of the wiring and supports came from Moller Op. 9503, Elim
Lutheran Church in Robbinsdale c. 1961
* The Oboe came from Moller Op. 3091, Stringfellow Memorial Protestant
Episcopal in Blowing Rock, NC c. 1921;
* The Erzähler + Erzähler Celeste came from Skinner Op. 258, Trinity
Episcopal Church in Toledo, Ohio, c. 1916;
* The Festival Trumpet came from Moller Op. 10297 (Elim is 10927),
Cathedral Of St. Luke Ancon, Pennsylvania c. 1966;
* The 8-4 Gedeckt came from Moller Op. 3759, St. Paul's Lutheran Church
in Springfield, MN ca. 1920's.
* Origin of the 8-4 Principal is unknown at this time but not believed
to be of Wangerin provenance.
Additionally:
* Choir - Small offset windchest came from Moller Op. 7178, Wilson
Presbyterian Church in Chairton PA, 1946.
* Pedal 8’-4’ Flute is former Wangerin Great Gross Flute on original
windchest. 44 of 61 pipes used, remaining 17 missing. Cymbelstern
sitting on top of windchest where missing pipes would be located.
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