Better Pipe Organ Database

John F. Nordlie Opus 1 (1977)

First United Methodist Church
45 West Schlieman Avenue
Appleton, MN

Images

1977 - Organ being assembled in 1977. Impost and windchest. (Company vintage photo on Pioneer PBS video: still capture/Jim Stettner)

1977 - Upper casework bein assembled (Company vintage photo on Pioneer PBS video: still capture/Jim Stettner)

1977 - Completed installation (Company vintage photo on Pioneer PBS video: still capture/Jim Stettner)

ca. 2014 - Keydesk (Pioneer PBS video: still capture/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
9 stops
11 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2008-02-21 - Updated through online information from John Nordlie. -Database Manager

2012-08-06 - Updated through online information from Richard C. Greene. -Database Manager

2025-05-30 - This entry represents the original installation of a new organ. Identified through information from the builder. This was John Nordlie's first instrument. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Stoplist from J.F. Nordlie Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Appleton, Minnesota
First United Methodist Church

John F. Nordlie (1977, Opus 1)

GREAT ORGAN
8 Principal
8 Gedackt
4 Schwegel
2-2/3 Cornet III
2 Gemshorn
1 Mixture III
8 Trumpet

ECHO ORGAN (prep)
8 Quintaton
4 Rohrflöte
2 Principal

PEDAL ORGAN
16 Subbass
8 Trumpet
Great to Pedal



 [Received on line from Richard C Greene February 25, 2009.]

 [Received on line from Richard C Greene February 25, 2009.]

Websites

Pioneer PBS: YouTube - Video about Nordlie's Opus 1, 1977 at First United Methodist Church in Appleton, MN. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)