Jim Stettner on August 20th, 2025:
From the builder's website: First Lutheran’s three-manual and pedal, 51 rank mechanical action organ contains two expressive divisions, (Swell and Choir), and is designed to effortlessly support congregational singing, accompany choirs, soloists and instrumentals and to offer a multitude of options allowing for subtlety, nuance and color. As a result of the organ’s tonal specification, excellent voicing and fastidious on-site tonal finishing, the organ is aptly described as being prominent and artfully proportioned for the room without being overbearing. Mechanical Specifications: The casework is of walnut with ebony, burled elm, quarter sawn white oak and figured maple accents; the organ’s steel structure ensures stability for the key action connecting the detached console to the windchests; modern carbon fiber trackers and adjustable pneumatic assists are used to ensure a responsive key action; Expression enclosures and louvers of 2 1/4” thick maple; a single wedge bellows provides wind to the organ and is stabilized with a series of tunable concussion bellows; and the organ’s environment is stabilized with a micro-climate air circulation system designed to quietly and effectively keep temperature and humidity consistent with the church nave.

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Jim Stettner on August 20th, 2025:
This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified through online information from Mark A. Smith (August 20, 2025).