2021-07-01 - Transplanted notes from a related entry. -- **Database Manager on October 25, 2018:** Updated by Stephen F Anderson, who has heard or played the organ. The stop information was taken seated directly at the console. There appear to be about 19 ranks of pipes from my observation inside the pipe chamber behind the front pipes. The organ appears to be in excellent condition with new pipe wind chests reserviors and tremolo boxes. This was done in the renovation of 1978. It is used regularly for weddings and will be used with the praise band of Substance Church. It appears to have direct action valves. Control was changed to electronic using integrated (TTL) circuits in the 1978 renovation. The control system was designed by Allen Miller Associates and was their 10th or 13th installed system out of about 240 organs. -Jim Stettner
2021-07-01 - The church has a long organ history. Originally founded as Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, that edifice housed E. & G.G. Hook's Opus 468, 1868. When the congregation moved to a new edifice, they renamed as Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church. The Hook organ was brought along and rebuild/enlarged by John Bergstrom of California during his brief time in business in Minnesota. In 1921, Estey built their opus 1978 which incorporated some pipework from the Bergstrom. In the 1960's the Estey console was replaced with a used M.P. Moller electro-pneumatic console (Opus 9983, 1965). It it thought to have been installed by Clarence Gould. The organ was rebuilt with new chests by Tim Patterson and Terry Klevin retaining the E-P Moller console, but with new D-E windchests, a Z-tronics relay, and reconfigured layouy and winding. The Estey was decreased in size uty had as many stops through unification - just fewer independent tonal resources. By 2013, the relay had started to fail and there were a number of dead stops. As of September, 2017 the organ was not playable. -Jim Stettner
Source: Original document from Stephen Anderson. 2019-05-07
Minneapolis, Minnesota Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church Organ by Estey Organ Co. Timothy Paterson modification 1978 SWELL ORGAN 16 Swell 4 Swell 4 Clarion 8 Trumpet 1 1/3 Larigol 2 2/3 Nazard 2 Super octave 4 Principal 4 Flute 8 Gedecket 8 Gemshorn Swell Unison off 4 Salicet 8 Vox celeste 8 Salicional 8 Celeste Tremolo GREAT ORGAN Great unison off 4 Great 16 Great Unknown broken stop 2 Nachthorn III Mixture 4 Harmonic Flute 4 Octave 8 Hohlflote 8 Diapason 8 Gambe Chimes CHOIR ORGAN Choir Unison off 4 Choir 16 Choir 4 Flute unknown broken stop 1 1/3 Tierce 4 Nachthorn Broken stop knob 8 Nason flote COUPLERS: Great to pedal 4 Great to pedal Swell to pedal 4 Swell to pedal Choir to pedal 4 Choir to pedal 16 Swell to Great Swell to great 4 Swell to great 16 Choir to great 4 Choir to Choir 16 Swell to Choir Swell to choir 4 Swell to choir PEDAL ORGAN 8 Trumpet 8 Cello 2 Valdflote 8 Bourdon 4 Choral bass 16 Violone 8 Diapason 8 Bourdon PRESETS Swell 6 presets Great 5 presets Choir 6 presets General 6 presets 6 piston presets at pedalboard Pedal 5 presets EXPRESSION PEDALS Great crescendo Swell Crescendo
Source: Stoplist copied from the Twin Cities AGO Organ List; and photo of the console
Minneapolis, Minnesota Wesley United Mehodist Church Estey, Opus 1978, 1921 Timothy Patterson/Patterson Organ Co./Associated Organbuilders (1978) GREAT ORGAN (7 ranks) 8' Diapason 61 (zinc and aluminum) 8' Hohlflute 61 (wood) 8' Gambe 61 (could be original Hook) 4' Octave 12 (ext) 4' Flute Harmonic 61 2' Nachthorn 12 (ext) III Mixture 183 (Meyer pipes) 8' Trumpet (sw) -- CHOIR ORGAN (exposed, 5 ranks) 8' Nason Flute 61 (wood) 4' Nachthorn 61 2-2/3' Nazard (TC) 49 2' Spitzflute 61 1-3/5' Tierce (TC) 49 1-1/3' Quint (ext) 12 1' Flute (ext) 12 SWELL ORGAN (Expressive - 7 ranks) 8' Gedeckt 61 (wood) 8' Gemshorn 61 (Estey/Haskell) 8' Salicional 61 8' Vox Celeste 61 4' Principal 61 (aluminum) 4' Flute 12 (ext) 4' Salicet 12 (ext) 2-2/3' Nazard 61 2' Super Octave 12 (ext) 1-1/3' Larigot 12 (ext) 8' Trumpet 61 4' Clarion 12 (ext) PEDAL ORGAN (1 rank) 16' Bourdon 32 (wood) 16' Violone (Gt) 12 (wood extension of Gambe) 8' Diapason (Gt) -- 8' Bourdon 12 (ext) 8' Cello (Gt) -- 4' Choralbass (Gt) -- 2' Waldflute 23 (ext) 8' Trumpet (Sw) -- COUPLERS Swell to Pedal [8],4 Great to Pedal [8],4 Choir to Pedal [8],4 Swell to Great 16,[8],4 Choir to Great 16,[]8,4 Swell to Choir 16,[8],4 FINGER PISTONS General 1 - 6 Swell 1 - 6 Great 1 - 5 Choir 1 - 5 Pedal 1 - 4 SFZ (rev) Gen Can TOE STUDS Gt. to Ped. Rev. (rev) Sforzando Rev. (rev) PEDAL MOVEMENTS Swell Expression (bal.) Choir Expression (bal.) Crescendo (bal.)
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