Better Pipe Organ Database

J. F. Nordlie Co. Opus 18 (1988)

St. Martin's by the Lake Episcopal Church
2801 Westwood Road
Minnetonka Beach, MN

Images

1986-09-09 - Console and Organ Case (J.F. Nordlie Advertisment, courtesy of Kyle Black/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Detached Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
2 manuals
15 stops
19 registers
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2015-03-31 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Kyle Black, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- -Database Manager

2017-01-20 - Updated by Kyle Black, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>A contract has been signed with Grandall and Engen LLC of Maple Grove, MN for a complete refurbishment from Feb-June 2017. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Specification from the Dedication Program via Kyle Black Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Minnetonka Beach, Minnesota
St. Martin's by the Lake Church, Episcopal

J.F. Nordlie Company
2 manuals, 19 stops, 19 ranks
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          GREAT ORGAN
       8' Open Diapason          56 a
       8' Spire Flute            56 b
       8' Viola                  44 c
       8' Celeste (tc)           44
       4' Principal              56
   2 2/3' Twelfth                56
       2' Fifteenth              56
   1 1/3' Mixture III           168
       8' Trumpet                56

          ECHO ORGAN
       8' Descant Diapason       pf d
       8' Stopt Diapason         56
       4' Chimney Flute          56
       2' Gemshorn               56
          Cornet III (g20-d51)   96
       8' Hautbois               56
          Glockenspiel (c31-d51) 39 bells

          PEDAL ORGAN
      16' Sub Bass               30
       8' Open Bass              GT
       8' Stopt Bass (ext SB)    12
       4' Principal Bass         GT
       8' Trumpet Bass           GT

       a  copper facade, gilded mouths
       b  1-8 stopt bass
       c  1-12 from Spire Flute
       d  prepared for; g20-d51

          COUPLERS
          Great to Pedal
          Echo to Pedal
          Echo to Great

          Tremulant to entire organ

          Mechanical key and coupler action
          Electric stop action
          Solid state combination action


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-03-31]

Documents

Opus 18: Shop Photographs Photographs of the Organ Construction -Database Manager
(1986-09-09) Proposal and Final Advertisement proposed instrument with sketches and official advertisement -Database Manager
(1988-05-22) Blessing and Dedication of the Organ Dedication program May 22, 1988 -Database Manager
Opus 18: Installation Photographs Photographs of Organ Installation -Database Manager
Organ Committee Notes 1979-1987 Documents the process of the organ committee through various documents and meeting notes -Database Manager