David Engen on March 2nd, 2021:
I did my senior graduation paper on this organ. The antiphonal was never installed, and the organ has never been 80 ranks.
David Engen on June 10th, 2020:
Rank and stop count is incorrect. There was some unification and duplexing. It was actually 75 ranks, 61 stops. As a senior, I did a graduate honors thesis that included analysis of the mixtures in the organ as well as a rank and stop count, which I still believe to be accurate. Presence of the prepared antiphonal in all listings adds to confusion of its size. Also, the Swell Mixture is IV-VI, not IV-IV.
Great: 19 ranks
Swell: 19 ranks
Positiv: 21 ranks
Pedal: 16 ranks
16' Gemshorn is duplexed to 8' on the Great. No other manual stops are duplexed this way.
Pedal unification is 8' Gedeckt to 4'; 32' Contra-Fagott to 16'; 8' Trumpet to 4' and 2'. Stops duplexed to the pedal are the Great Gemshorn at 16' and 8' and the Positiv Ranket to 16'
Database Manager on August 21st, 2019:
Updated by David Engen, who has heard or played the organ. <br>The Antiphonal was never installed, so the organ was actually 64 ranks in the gallery. <br>Prior to the Holtkamp rebuild, I knew this organ well. I did an organ degree at St. Olaf, did two recitals on it and a research paper. Was told by Arnold Flaten (art dept) that the chapel when built had 7 seconds of reverberations, which is what Herman and David Johnson designed the organ for. Acoustic changes before the organ was installed reduced reverberation to less than 2 seconds. Chests were NOT slider chests, but EP Pitman.
Database Manager on May 20th, 2010:
Complete rebuild, expansion, and gallery organ by Holtkamp in 2007.
Database Manager on August 27th, 2007:
Identified through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -- Renovated by Holtkamp in 1990