Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Unknown Builder (1920s)

Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 1269, 1885)

Location:

St. Mary's R. C.
Tracy, MN 56175 US
Organ ID: 1619

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 13 ranks. 2 manuals. 11 stops. 16 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Stops: 11
  • Registers: 16
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on October 02, 2016:

Updated through online information from Josh Sellner.
According to the parish centennial history, this organ was installed at St. Mary's in Tracy, Minnesota as a second-hand instrument in 1921 or 1922. The history only states that it was hauled in from Minneapolis or St. Paul; nothing about where it came from. However, the number '1269' is written on a part of the chassis on the rear of the instrument. If that number is the opus number, it would match up to the instrument built in 1885 for Christ Church Cathedral in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The entry for that organ states that it had 17 registers when built, which this instrument had at one time (one drawknob hole in the keydesk has been plugged). The instrument was rebuilt/altered at some point by the Rutz Organ Co. of Morristown, Minnesota.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist taken from the console May 24, 2015
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Nave, Gallery, and Organ Case: Photograph by Josh Sellner. Taken on 2015-05-24

Organ Case: Photograph by Josh Sellner. Taken on 2016-05-25

Church Interior and Altar: Photograph by Josh Sellner. Taken on 2016-05-25

Keydesk: Photograph by Josh Sellner. Taken on 2016-05-25

Number on Back of Organ Case: (possible opus number) Photograph by Josh Sellner. Taken on 2016-05-25

Church Exterior: Photograph by Josh Sellner. Taken on 2016-05-25

Organ Case: Photograph by Josh Sellner. Taken on 2016-05-25

Left Stop Jamb: Photograph by Josh Sellner. Taken on 2016-05-25

Right Stop Jamb: Photograph by Josh Sellner. Taken on 2016-05-25

Builder's Nameplate: Photograph by Josh Sellner. Taken on 2016-05-25