Robert D. Hoppe & Co.
2015

Originally Wicks Organ Co. (Opus 2696, 1946)

10 Ranks - 511 Pipes - 3 Physical Divisions

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	Great (I - Expressive) Position: In a Gallery-Level Case at the Rear of the Room Chest Action: Direct Electric (Wicks) Stop Action: Electric Notes: Great Division is enclosed with the Swell and pedal in the same case/chamber in the back center of the room in the gallery.
16'	Salicional Notes: Not a full extension, as labeled TC on the stop key on the console.	SW
8'	Diapason Notes: Originally, the former Vogelpohl & Spaeth 1896 8' Open Diapason.	59
8'	Wald Flute Notes: New pipework added by Wicks during the organ rebuild in 1946.	61
8'	Gedeckt Notes: Borrowed from Swell Division. Lower octave pipework of the Gedeckt looks to be very old and looks to extend into the pedal. May possibly be an extension of the 16' Leblich Gedeckt on the Swell. Higher octave pipework looks to be newer, added by Wicks to be unified with the rest of the flutes on the swell.	SW
8'	Celeste Notes: Borrowed and extended a rank from Swell 8' Celeste. Unknown where the second rank of the Celeste comes from in the chamber.	SW
4'	Octave Notes: Extension of 8' Diapason on the Great. The original Vogelpohl & Spaeth organ indicates a 4' octave rank. Likely, Wicks combined both the original 8' Diapason and 4' Octave from the Vogelpohl & Spaeth together when the organ was completely rebuilt in 1946.	GT
4'	Celeste Notes: Borrowed and an extension of Swell 8' Celeste, and added a rank down to a 4-foot pitch. Stop labeled saying barrowed from Swell and indicating 2 ranks.	SW
2 ²⁄₃'	Twelfth Notes: New Rank either added by Wicks in 1946 or possibly during the rebuild in 2015 by Robert D Hoppe. Pipework looks to be newer than the rest in the organ.	61
2'	Fifthteenth Notes: Uses the same rank as the 2' 2/3 Twelfth but plays at 2' pitch.	GT
1 ³⁄₅'	Seventeenth Notes: Borrowed from Swell 1' 3/5 Tierce	SW
1 ¹⁄₃'	Nineteenth Notes: Borrowed from either Diapason Rank or possibly from 2 2/3 Twelfth Rank. Using this stop in combination with the 2 2/3 and 2-foot stops kind of creates a mixture effect.
8'	English Horn Notes: Borrowed from Swell Manual	SW
	Chimes
	MIDI Orch Voice	DIG

8'	Swell to Great
4'	Swell to Great

	Swell (II - Expressive) Position: In a Gallery-Level Case at the Rear of the Room Chest Action: Direct Electric (Wicks) Stop Action: Electric
16'	Lieblich Gedeckt Notes: Original 16' Lieblich Gedeckt from Vogelpohl & Spaeth, due to the age of the pipework, looking very old. Borrowed down into the Pedal also at the same pitch.	46
8'	Violin Diapason Notes: Added to the Organ in 1946 by Wicks. It is also borrowed down into the Pedal at 8' and 4' pitch and labeled Octave and Tenor Octave.	59
8'	Gedeckt Notes: This is an interesting layout based on how it's laid out in the chamber. A lot of the Flutes being the (8' Gedeckt, 4' Rohr Flute, 2' Block Flute, & 1' Salicet) are unified together into 1 row in the chamber. Believed Wicks unified all the flutes together from the original organ.	SW
8'	Salicional Notes: Looks to be New Salicional pipework from Wicks in the 1946 rebuild that replaced the original Salicional pipework from the old 1896 organ.	61
8'	Celeste Notes: Labeled and stamped as a Dulciana on the pipes. Unknown if Wicks could have reused the old Dulciana pipework and revoiced it as a Celeste, or used an old rank of Dulciana pipes from their own inventory and turned them into a Celeste. Its likey, with what has been seen, this could be the original Dulciana pipework from the old 1896.	61
4'	Principal Notes: This stop is either borrowed from the Great 4' Octave or an extension of the 4' Violin Diapason.
4'	Rohr Flute Notes: Unified with the 8' Gedeckt to give it its lower octave. The higher octave extends into the 2' Block Flute. Middle Pipework for this stop is Rohr Flute pipework and looks to possibly be original from the 1896 organ.	Gedeckt
2 ²⁄₃'	Nazard Notes: Borrows and uses a combination of the 4' Rohr Flute & 2' Block Flute, playing at 2 2/3 pitch.	Rohr Flute
2'	Block Flute Notes: Unified and extended from the 4' Rohr Flute and 1' Salicet	Rohr Flute
1 ³⁄₅'	Tierce Notes: Uses the Swell 8' Celeste pipework starting at middle E. Looking closely at how it's laid out in the chest in the organ chamber, it looks like a pipe or two may have been damaged and replaced during the 2015 rebuild.	Celeste
1'	Salicet Notes: Unified and borrowed from the Swell 2' Block Flute	Block Flute
16'	English Horn Notes: Extension of the 8' English Horn, but not a full extension. Labeled with TC on the stop key.	English Horn
8'	English Horn	61
	Tremolo
	MIDI Orch Voice	DIG

	Pedal (Expressive) Position: In a Gallery-Level Case at the Rear of the Room Chest Action: Direct Electric (Wicks) Stop Action: Electric Notes: The pedal division is enclosed with the Swell and pedal in the same case/chamber in the back center of the room in the gallery.
32'	Resultant Notes: Uses and draws in 16' Bourdon along with either the 16' Open Bass or 16' Lieblich Gedeckt to create a 32' pitch
16'	Open Bass Notes: Borrowed and extended from Swell 8' Violin Diapason	SW
16'	Bourdon Notes: Replaced old 16' Bourdon from the 1896 organ. New Bourdon pipes were added by Wicks in 1946.	32
16'	Lieblich Gedeckt Notes: Borrowed from the Swell into the pedal.	SW
8'	Diapason Notes: Borrowed from the Swell 8' Violin Diapason.	SW
8'	Flute	10 Bourdon
4'	Tennor Octave Notes: Uses Swell 8' Violin Diapason pipework and extends it down to 4 foot in the pedal.	SW
4'	English Horn Notes: Full extension of Swell 8' English Horn in the pedal.	SW
	MIDI Orch Voice	DIG

8'	Great to Pedal
8'	Swell to Pedal
4'	Swell to Pedal

The console was upgraded to have 64 memory levels added in 2015 and possibly upgraded to solid-state electronics at the same time. New 2' Fifteenth and 2 2/3 Twelth stops were likely added due to the addition of a new rank to the organ in 2015. This stop list is current to the organ as of 7/28/2026 and taken from the console on the same date. Also on the organ is a Zimbelstern Toe Piston that was added; however, this is prepared for but not installed at this time. Possibly this could be added to the Great stops if it is added in the future. This stop list was originally published in 2015 after Robert D. Hoppe and Associates rebuilt and restored the organ in 2015.

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Jim Stettner on July 25th, 2026:

This entry represents the restoration with tonal additions of an existing organ. Identified through online information from Ryan Samek [July 24, 2026]: The original Organ in the space was a Vogelpohl & Spaeth, Op. 7, 1896, that featured 12 ranks and was 1 manual and pedal, all with mechanical action. Josh Sellner, naming the original contract (2015). An original installation of a new pipe organ identified by John J. Miller, using information found in the Vogelpohl & Spaeth company ledger currently in the collection of the Brown County Historical Society (New Ulm, MN). Contract signed January 13, 1896, for $1,000. The Church was originally built in 1889. The Church underwent renovation in the mid to late 1920s, and the organ was the last part of the renovations that occurred after stoppage due to the World Wars and the Great depression. According to the Church Records, the Church attempted to contact the Vogelpohl & Spaeth company for them to do the rebuild but were unsucessful due to the company no longer existing and being sold off. The church eventually landed on the Wicks Organ Company to do the rebuild. The contract was signed for $7,450, according to the church records, to have the organ rebuilt and electrified. The Organ and console were restored in 2015 by Robert A. Hoppe and Associates out of Algonia, Wisconsin, as part of the organ's 75th Birthday. The organ is still in existence, playable, and is used weekly for church services.

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Robert D. Hoppe & Co.
2015

Originally Wicks Organ Co. (Opus 2696, 1946)

St. John's Lutheran Church

Sanctuary; rear gallery

13148 499th Avenue
Vernon Center (Willow Creek Twp), MN, US

10 Ranks - 511 Pipes - 3 Physical Divisions

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Robert D. Hoppe & Co.2015

Originally Wicks Organ Co. (Opus 2696, 1946)

St. John's Lutheran Church

Sanctuary; rear gallery

13148 499th AvenueVernon Center (Willow Creek Twp), MN, US

10 Ranks - 511 Pipes - 3 Physical Divisions

This instrument has multiple revisions:

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CONSOLES

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DETAILS

This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

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Robert D. Hoppe & Co.
2015

13148 499th Avenue
Vernon Center (Willow Creek Twp), MN, US