Pipe Organ Database

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Reuter Organ Co. (Opus 1399, 1963)

Location:

Vinje Lutheran Church
1101Willmar Ave. SW
Willmar, MN 56201 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 21225

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ has been renovated with changes from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 20 ranks. 1,306 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 30 stops. 18 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 30
  • Registers: 18
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on December 29, 2012:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Organ and choir located in a free-standing gallery to the left of the altar in the circular room.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on November 24, 2005:

Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> September 1963
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

View of organ in balcony: Photograph from an archival source: Reuter Organ Co archive, submitted by Max Mayse. Taken approx. 1963