Unknown Builder
1990's
Originally Wicks Organ Co. (1960's)
Faith Lutheran Church
Sanctuary; rear gallery
16840 Highway 13 South
Prior Lake, MN, US
4 Ranks - 292 Pipes
Instrument ID: 50009 ● Builder ID: 6193 ● Location ID: 43939
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Builder: Wicks Organ Co.
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal1 Divisions4 Stops20 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ CrescendoStop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Jim Stettner on June 4th, 2025:
From the Grandall & Engen Organbuilders website: "We were called in to evaluate a very small organ at Faith Lutheran in Prior Lake. Various electronic organ salesmen had declared the organ dead. In just a few hours we resurrected it. It was just in need of a standard service call. We found that it had originally been built for a practice room at Concordia College in Seward, Nebraska. Nobody knew when it was installed at Faith. Since it was designed for a practice room, the bass pipes were much too small to produce adequate bass for a church. We added larger pipes at the low end and cut off the original pipes to make them fat enough to produce adequate bass for the church."
From the Grandall & Engen Organbuilders website: "We were called in to evaluate a very small organ at Faith Lutheran in Prior Lake. Various electronic organ salesmen had declared the organ dead. In just a few hours we resurrected it. It was just in need of a standard service call. We found that it had originally been built for a practice room at Concordia College in Seward, Nebraska. Nobody knew when it was installed at Faith. Since it was designed for a practice room, the bass pipes were much too small to produce adequate bass for a church. We added larger pipes at the low end and cut off the original pipes to make them fat enough to produce adequate bass for the church."
David Engen on January 17th, 2021:
A search of the Wicks opus list does not reveal this organ. Opus 2185 of 1940 comes closest with 3 ranks. Opus 3664 of 1956 has 11 ranks. Opus 4505 of 1964 has 19 ranks. All are at Concordia Teachers College, Seward, NB.
Database Manager on July 19th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -- The organ appears to have come from Concordia Teachers College in Seward, Nebraska where it probably was a practice organ. --David Engen
Database Manager on July 17th, 2012:
Identified through online information from Richard C Greene.
Related Instrument Entries: Wicks Organ Co. (1960's) , Grandall and Engen
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