Pipe Organ Database

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Schoenstein & Co. (2010)

Originally Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1342, 1959)

Location:

First Lutheran Church
327 South Dakota Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57104 US
Organ ID: 48832

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ is currently being renovated or restored.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jeff Scofield on April 04, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP pitman
  • 52 ranks. 5 divisions. 3 manuals. 41 stops. 63 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests
  • Position: Exposed pipes or case front visible in a gallery at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 41
  • Registers: 63
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • 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.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on September 21, 2011:

Updated through online information from Richard C Greene.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on September 18, 2011:

Identified through online information from Richard C Greene. -- Modifications and enlargement to previously enlarged Aeolian-Skinner organ. The 1957 Aeolian-Skinner was added-to by A-S in 1963. Schoenstein and Nordlie repaired and revised the organ in 1991. Work was done in 2011 to revise and complete the organ by Schoenstein & Co.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist from church web site
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Church interior to gallery, organ and exposed pipes: Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2014-08-07

Console: Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2014-08-07

Exposed pipes: Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2014-08-07

Joseph S. Whiteford builder plate: Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2014-08-07

Church interior to gallery, organ and exposed pipes: Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2019-12-02

Chancel and front organ chamber: Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2019-01-30

Church exterior: Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2016-10-05