Rieger Orgelbau
1959

Updated through online information from Richard C Greene: Since its purchase in 1975 by Michael Barone, this instrument has been relocated from Big Lake: first to First United Methodist Church in Saint Cloud (1975-1982), then to Lake Harriet Methodist Church, Minneapolis (1982-1996), then briefly as a display item in the Westfield Center's touring exhibit, Festival Organ, was located at the Science Museum of Minnesota in Saint Paul (winter/spring 1997), then to the Episcopal Church of St. Paul on the Hill in Saint Paul (1997-2003), then to the Lady Chapel of the Church of St. Louis, King of France in Saint Paul (2003-2005), and it is about to be removed from St. Louis Church (winter 2006) to an as yet unknown destination.

Updated through on-line information from Michael Barone. -- The instrument was moved in February 2007 from the Church of St. Louis, King of France two lots down Cedar Street to Central Presbyterian Church (500 Cedar, Saint Paul, MN 55101). It remains in fully functional condition and is occasionally used by the resident organist, Katherine Handford, for special music.

Updated through on-line information from Michael Barone. -- This instrument is typical of the neo-Baroque designs of the time, narrow-scaled, low wind pressure, bright and articulate sound. The casework is a simple tall, rectangular wooden box, open on the front in the upper half. The pipework is essentially 'exposed within a cupboard,' with a few of the larger 4' Octave pipes on either side of the 'façade,' though in no way masking the scalar left-to-right arrangement of the majority of the other pipework.

The organ was moved from here, its original home, to First United Methodist, St. Cloud, Minnesota, in 1975, following its purchase by Michael Barone.