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Photo: Joe Routon. Date: 25 June 2008.

Photo: Joe Routon

Eden Prairie, USA (Minnesota) - Wooddale Church
Municipal: Eden Prairie
Region:Hennepin County
Address: 6630 Shady Oak Road, 55344, Eden Prairie, MN

Description nr.: 2004043.

Built by: Visser-Rowland Association (1990) - opus 90


A new organ was built for Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie in 1990 by the Visser-Rowland Asssociation. The organ has been dedicated on January 6, 1991 with a concert by Don Hustad, who also was the consultant. It is a very large instrument with five manuals and pedal and 74 stops. It has two consoles: the main console with mechanical key action and electric stop action (and electric coupling), and a remote console with total electric action.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Hauptwerk13
- Positiv16
- Schwellwerk18
- Kronpositiv9
- Spanischewerk3
- Pedal16 (15)
Total number of stops75 (74)
Key actionMechanical/Electric
Stop actionElectrical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Hauptwerk (C-c''''): Prinzipal 16', Prinzipal 8', Rohrflöte 8', Harfenpfeife 8', Oktav 4', Koppelflöte 4', Waldflöte 2', Cornet 5 fach (8') (from g°), Mixtur 5 fach (2'), Scharff 5 fach (1'), Trompete 16', Trompete 8', Klarine 4', Tremulant, Chimes.
Positiv (enclosed) (C-c''''): Holzgedeckt 8', Gemshorn 8', Gemshorn Celeste 8' (from c°), Dulciana 8', Unda Maris 8' (from c°), Prinzipal 4', Rohrflöte 4', Oktav 2', Larigot 1 1/3', Sifflöte 1', None 8/9' (from c°), Sesquialtera 2 fach (2 2/3'), Kleinmixtur 5 fach (1'), Zimbel 3 fach (1/2'), Dulzian 16', Krummhorn 8', Tremulant, Zimbelstern.
Schwellwerk (enclosed) (C-c''''): Gedeckt 16', Prinzipal 8', Gedeckt 8', Salizional 8', Celeste 8', Oktav 4', Nachthorn 4', Nasat 2 2/3', Oktav 2', Terz 1 3/5', Scharff 5 fach (1 1/3'), Carillon 3 fach (1 1/3'), Kleinmixtur 3 fach (2/3'), Fagott 16', Trompete 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Klarine 4', Tremulant.
Kronpositiv (C-c''''): Prinzipal 8', Metallgedeckt 8', Oktav 4', Flöte 4', Oktav 2', Quinte 1 1/3', Sesquialtera 2 fach (2 2/3') (from c°), Mixtur 5 fach (1'), Rohrschalmey 8', Tremulant.
Spanischewerk (C-c''''): Terzmixtur 5-6 fach (1'), Trompete 16' (from c°) - en chamade, Trompete 8' - en chamade.
Pedal (C-g'): Prinzipal 32', Untersatz 32', Prinzipal 16', Prinzipal 16' - from Hauptwerk, Subbass 16', Oktav 8', Gedeckt 8', Choralbass 4', Flöte 4', Mixtur 5 fach (2 2/3'), Posaune 32', Posaune 16', Fagott 16', Trompete 8', Schalmey 4', Kornett 2', Tremulant.
Other stops: Zimbelstern.
Couplers: Hauptwerk - Positiv, Hauptwerk - Schwellwerk, Hauptwerk - Kronpositiv, Hauptwerk - Spanischewerk, Positiv - Schwellwerk, Positiv - Kronpositiv, Positiv - Spanischewerk, Schwellwerk - Spanischewerk, Kronpositiv - Spanischewerk, Pedal - Hauptwerk, Pedal - Positiv, Pedal - Schwellwerk, Pedal - Kronpositiv, Pedal - Spanischewerk.
Accessories: 128 electronic combinations.

Literature
  • New Organs. - In: The Diapason, 83rd Year, No. 3, March 1992.
  • Pieter A. Visser, Organ Builder : His Life, Work and Rejuvenation of Principles of Classical Organ Building / Jon Allan Stuber. - Austin : The University of Texas, 2001. - (Treatise).
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