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Unknown Builder (1990's)

Faith Lutheran Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
16840 Highway 13 South
Prior Lake, MN

Images

2023-09-17 - View of smaller pipes to the right of the console (Photograph by Photograph by Nathan Redfield/Nathan Redfield)

2023-09-17 - View of blower in alcove behind pipes (Photograph by Photograph by Nathan Redfield/Nathan Redfield)

2023-09-17 - View of pipes from behind organ (Photograph by Photograph by Nathan Redfield/Nathan Redfield)

2023-09-17 - View of console from balcony window (Photograph by Nathan Redfield/Nathan Redfield)

2012-10-24 - View of the organ (with casework to keep fingers out) in the balcony (Photograph by David Engen/David Engen)

2012-04-23 - Ownership tag from Concordia Teachers College, Seward, NB (Photograph by David Engen/David Engen)

2014-08-29 - View of the organ from the main floor (Photograph by David Engen/David Engen)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
4 stops
20 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: None

Notes

2012-07-17 - Identified through online information from Richard C Greene. -Database Manager

2012-07-19 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -- The organ appears to have come from Concordia Teachers College in Seward, Nebraska where it probably was a practice organ. --David Engen -Database Manager

2021-01-17 - A search of the Wicks opus list does not reveal this organ. Opus 2185 of 1940 comes closest with 3 ranks. Opus 3664 of 1956 has 11 ranks. Opus 4505 of 1964 has 19 ranks. All are at Concordia Teachers College, Seward, NB. -David Engen

2025-06-04 - From the Grandall & Engen Organbuilders website: "We were called in to evaluate a very small organ at Faith Lutheran in Prior Lake. Various electronic organ salesmen had declared the organ dead. In just a few hours we resurrected it. It was just in need of a standard service call. We found that it had originally been built for a practice room at Concordia College in Seward, Nebraska. Nobody knew when it was installed at Faith. Since it was designed for a practice room, the bass pipes were much too small to produce adequate bass for a church. We added larger pipes at the low end and cut off the original pipes to make them fat enough to produce adequate bass for the church." -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from David Engen Date not recorded

Prior Lake, Minnesota
Faith Lutheran Church

Wicks Organ Co., Op ___, 1960's


   RANKS
8  Diapason                      73
8  Melodia                       73
8  Stopped Flute                 85
4  Dulciana                      61 (common bass with Melodia)


   GREAT ORGAN
8  Open Diapason
8  Melodia
8  Stopped Flute
8  Dulciana
4  Octave
4  Melodia
4  Dulciana

   SWELL ORGAN
8  Open Diapason
8  Melodia
8  Stopped Flute
8  Dulciana
4  Stopped Flute
4  Dulciana

   PEDAL ORGAN
16 Bourdon
8  Diapason
8  Melodia
8  Stopped Flute
8  Dulciana
4  Octave
4  Melodia

   COUPLERS
None

   FINGER PISTONS
None

   TOE STUDS
None

   PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Expression                   (bal.)
Crescendo                    (bal.)


[Received from Richard C Greene 2012-07-20.]
[Updated by James R. Stettner  2023-09-17.]

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