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Gerald Orvold (2000 ca.)

St. Peter Lutheran Church: Sanctuary
880 Neal Ave S.
Afton, MN

Images

2016-12-25 - Exposed pipes at the front (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

After 2000 - Panoramic view showing Antiphonal and main organs (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

after 2000 - Exposed Great pipes in front (Photograph from an archival source: Twin Cities AGO website; photo by David Grandall, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
19 stops
44 registers
4 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons

Notes

2021-01-14 - According to *The Organ List* website sponsored by the Twin Cities A.G.O. Chapter, the organ was installed at Zion Lutheran in Hopkins, MN. in 1951 and was reportedly designed by Paul Manz. It was in a chancel chamber and originally 9 ranks per the Wicks opus list. At some point it was enlarged to 18 ranks. It was replaced in 1975 by a much larger Van Daalen in the rear gallery, and the Wicks was placed in storage. Around 2000 it was installed at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Afton, Minnesota by Gerry Orvold. At the time the Wicks was installed, the church's existing 3-rank Moller Artiste was reconfigured as a non-expressive antiphonal, bringing the grand total to 21 ranks. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the Twin Cities AGO Organ List

Afton, Minnesota
St. Peter Lutheran Church

WICKS ORGAN CO., Opus 3073, 1951 - 2-9
Wicks Organ Co., Opus ____, 19__ - Enlargement
Gerald Orvold, ca. 2000 - Moving, Re-installation, Enlargement


GREAT                                        SWELL (Expressive)
8'     Open Diapason             61          16'    Spitz Flute               12 *
8'     Melodia                   61 ♦        8'     Diapason                  61 □
8'     Dulciana         (in Sw)  61          8'     Gedeckt                   61 ▲
8'     Unda Maris   (tc)(in Sw)  49          8'     Spitz Flute               61 *
4'     Octave                    61 ○        8'     Salicional                61
4'     Flute                     12 ♦        8'     Celeste             (tc)  49
2'     Super Octave              12 ○        4'     Octave                    12 □
III    Mixture                  183          4'     Flute d'Amour             12 ▲
16'    Trumpet             (Sw)  –- ◙        4'     Spitz Flute               12 *
8'     Trumpet             (Sw)  –- ◙        2 2/3' Quint                     61
8'     Oboe                (Sw)  –- ☼        2'     Spitz Octave              12 *
4'     Trumpet             (Sw)  12 ◙        1 3/5' Tierce                    --
                                             III    Mixture        (derived)  –-
                                             8'     Trumpet                   61 ◙
PEDAL                                        8'     Oboe                      61 ☼
32'    Resultant                 --                 Tremolo
16'    Contra Bass               32 ♣                MIDI
16'    Bourdon                   32 ⌂
16'    Lieblich Gedeckt    (Sw)  12 ▲
16'    Spitz Flute         (Sw)  –- *        ANTIPHONAL
8'     Octave                    12 ♣        8'     Gedeckt                   61
8'     Major Flute               12 ⌂        8'     Viole                     49 ♥
8'     Spitz Flute         (Sw)  –- *        4'     Principal                 61
4'     Choral Bass               12 ♣        2'     Fugara                    24 ♥
4'     Spitz Flute         (Sw)  –- *               Chimes
16'    Trumpet             (Sw)  12 ◙               Cymbelstern
       MIDI                                         MIDI


ACTION: Wicks D-E ™; D-E    VOICES: 19    STOPS: 44    RANKS: 21    PIPES: 1,367

Sources: The Organ List (Twin Cities A.G.O.)


St. Peter Lutheran Church
880 Neal Ave S.
Afton, MN. 55001                             Documented: January 14, 2021

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