Better Pipe Organ Database

J. W. Steere & Sons Opus 349 (1893)

First Baptist Church
123 East Main St.
Owatonna, MN

Images

2019-09-24 - Organ case from gallery (Photograph by Drew E. Meyer/Database Manager)

2019-09-24 - Organ case in front gallery (Photograph by Drew E. Meyer/Database Manager)

2019-09-24 - Keydesk and front of case (Photograph by Drew E. Meyer/Database Manager)

2019-09-24 - Keydesk (Photograph by Drew E. Meyer/Database Manager)

2019-09-24 - Keydesk: Great stopjamb (Photograph by Drew E. Meyer/Database Manager)

2019-09-24 - Keydesk: Swell stopjamb (Photograph by Drew E. Meyer/Database Manager)

2019-09-24 - Keydesk: couplers (Photograph by Drew E. Meyer/Database Manager)

2019-09-24 - Keydesk: foot trundles and Swell expression shoe (Photograph by Drew E. Meyer/Database Manager)

2019-09-24 - Memorial plaque (Photograph by Drew E. Meyer/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
14 stops
15 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has combination trundles
Has coupler trundles

Notes

2010-03-16 - Updated through online information from Drew Meyer. -Database Manager

2014-01-14 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2021-08-10 - As of August 2021, the congregation and the building became a victim of COVID-19 and had to close. As of August 10, 2021, the future of the instrument is unknown. The instrument has been aurally documented and preserved by Jonathan Orwig of Evensong Music. -Charles Raasch

2024-03-07 - Updated through online information from Drew Meyer: First Baptist Church closed on 4/30/22. The building was sold to Redemption Church. The organ is not used regularly, but the new owners allow occasional practice time and maintenance. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the keydesk; and from submitted photos December 4, 2015; Updated/corrected September 24, 2019

First Baptist Church
Owatonna, Minnesota

J.W. Steere & Son, Opus 349, 1893 - Original Specifications

GREAT                                        COUPLERS (Drawknob; l-r)      
Gr. 8 ft     Open Diapason       58          Great to Pedale.
Gr. 8 ft     Dulciana            58          Swell to Pedale.
Gr. 8 ft     Melodia.            58
Gr. 4 ft     Octave.             58          Swell to Great.
Gr. 4 ft     Flute D’Amour.      58
Gr. 2 2/3 ft Twelfth.            58
Gr. 2 ft     Fifteenth.          58          FOOT LEVERS (l-r)
                                             Gr. to Ped.                   (rev)
SWELL (Expressive)                           Gr. Piano - 8' Dulciana       (d-a)
Sw. 8 ft     Violin Diapason     58          Gr. Forte - Full              (a-a)
Sw. 8 ft     Salicional          58
Sw. 8 ft     Stopd Diapason      58
Sw. 4 ft     Flute Harmonique    58          PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Sw. 2 ft.    Flautino.           58          Swell Expression             (bal.)
Sw. 8 ft     Oboe.         (tf)  41
Sw. 8 ft.    Bassoon             17
             Tremolo.

PEDAL
Ped. 16 ft.  Bourdon


ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop     VOICES: 14     STOPS: 15     RANKS: 14     PIPES: 

 [Received from Drew E. Meyer 2015-12-04.; Updated from photos by James R. Stettner 2019-09-24]