R. T. Swanson, Inc.
2002

Preparatory School, no longer a Seminary however the name remains.

Taken from "The Diapason", JANUARY 19, 2003

R.T. Swanson, Inc., of Grand Ledge, Michigan, has built a new organ for the chapel of Michigan Lutheran Seminary, Saginaw, Michigan. The school is affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Its main purpose is to train students in grades 9 through 12 who are anticipating careers in the teaching and pastoral ministries. The organ will be used for daily chapel services and as a teaching and practice instrument.

The two-manual organ comprises 20 ranks, 1186 pipes located
in a shallow chamber created from what was previously second level storage space. Action is electro-mechanical. All pipes are new with the exception of the Subbass, Holtzgedeckt/Gedecktbass, and Hohl-flöte, which are recycled pipes which were revoiced to blend with the new. Facade pipes are polished zinc and are from the bass 17 of the Great 8' Principal and the bass 18 of the Pedal 8' Octave. The console is located on a rolling platform on the chapel's main floor and features a 32 memory combination action and out only MIDI. Compass is 61/32. The organ dedication was on August 26 and featured a performance by Leonard Proeber.

Although the name implies that MLS is a seminary, it closed as a seminary in 1907 and reopened solely as a preparatory high school in 1910.

The earliest reference I could find claimed 20 ranks, but later mentions claim 22; however, I am unaware of any modifications being made. (The room it is in was renovated, but I don't know of any additions to the organ itself.)

The organ was built in the late 1990s or possibly very early 2000s.

(Unfortunately, I did not think to get a good look at the plaque last time I was there.)