Better Pipe Organ Database

Roland R. Rutz (Pipe Organ Co.) (2001)

Vang Lutheran Church: Sanctuary; front
2060 County 49 Boulevard
Dennison, MN

Images

October, 2014 - Chancel and organ case from rear gallery (Photograph by Audrey Kletscher Helbling on Minnesota Prairie Roots, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2018-04-26 - Exterior of church (Photograph by William G. Barnes/Database Manager)

2018-04-26 - Keydesk (Photograph by William G. Barnes/Database Manager)

2018-04-26 - Pedalboard (Photograph by William G. Barnes/Database Manager)

2018-04-26 - Church interior showing placement of organ (Photograph by William G. Barnes/Database Manager)

2018-04-26 - Organ Case (Photograph by William G. Barnes/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
12 stops
13 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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: None

Notes

2009-03-15 - Identified through online information from Richard C Greene. -- Rebuild of existing 1906 Hinners. -Database Manager

2018-05-09 - Updated by William G. Barnes, listing conversations with this person as the source of the information: Roland R. Rutz, organ-builder.<br> The organ had been vandalized, and was then rebuilt rather than restored at the direction of the organist and organ committee. -Database Manager

2022-09-26 - The original Piano and Forte fixed combination foot trundles were removed. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Roland R. Rutz, organ builder 2018-05-11

Dennison, Minnesota
Vang Lutheran Church

Hinners Organ Co., 1906
Organ by Roland R. Rutz (Pipe Organ Co.), 2001 - Major Rebuild

       GREAT.  9 ranks
8      Open Diapason (old Swell Violin Diapason)
8      Gedeckt (1-12 old Stopped Melodia, 13-61 capped & revoiced
                old Great Diapason)
4      Principal (old, revoiced)
2      Fifteenth (new)
IV     Mixture (new)
8      Trumpet (new)

       SWELL (Expressive).  5 ranks
8      Lieblich Gedackt (revoiced original)
4      Spitzflute (new)
2 2/3  Nazard (revoiced old Salicional)
2      Principal (new)
1 3/5  Tierce (new)

       PEDAL.  1 rank
16     Bourdon (old)
8      Octave
4      Choralbass
16     Trombone (from Great, 1-12 1/2 L)


[Original document from William G. Barnes]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#3281 - Hinners Organ Co. (1906)