Grandall and Engen LLC 10550 County Road 81, Suite 118 Maple Grove, MN 55369 763-951-3016

Proposal/Transplant

St John’s Lutheran Church, Howard Lake, MN Renovation and transplant of Casavant Opus 2956, 22 ranks, 1966 David Engen and David Grandall, 24 November 2020, v1 8 January 2021, v2 “shrink” Summary We propose to acquire the 22-rank Casavant organ, Opus 2956, from Luther Seminary Chapel of the Cross. It will be reconfigured and slightly expanded to fit the sanctuary of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Howard Lake, MN. Most of the existing Wicks pipes will be incorporated to expand the tonal resources, representing good stewardship of the original funds and allowing the organ to have more variety for service playing. A few ranks from our stock will be included, as well as a new 16’ reed.

Confidentiality & Valuation This proposal and the ideas within are and remain the property of Grandall & Engen, LLC. It may not be transmitted or viewed by parties other than members and staff of St. John’s Lutheran Church without written permission of Grandall & Engen, LLC. All pipe organs should be insured for replacement value should there ever be an unrecoverable disaster, such as fire. By mid-2020 this amount has increased to $29,750 by applying the CPI index. This formula places the value of the organ at St. John’s at a minimum replacement value of $135,000. Should it be sold as is, the value would be street value, or roughly $4,500.

Future Maintenance Pipe organs are complex machines with thousands of moving parts. As such, you can be assured of the need for future, on-going maintenance costs. Like a car which must have oil changes, new batteries and occasional tune-ups, the pipe organ needs similar ongoing care. It cannot be expected to work flawlessly for decades without regular attention. The typical home-owners’ association is required by law to keep a reserve for future repairs or replacement, such as roofs and driveways. Owners of pipe organs rarely put money aside for future repairs, relying instead on “self-insuring” on the assumption that money can be found when the time comes. In some cases, the amount of money needed, having increased due to inflation, exceeds an institution’s ability to pay. In these cases, the organs unfortunately gradually go mute. If a small amount of money is set aside in a reserve fund every year, future repairs can be guaranteed and your organ will continue to serve reliably for many generations.

Wicks Opus 4893 The existing Wicks organ, Opus 4893, was built for a different building in 1968 or 1969. We presume it was the old church since the Wicks opus list online is incomplete and we cannot find reference to this opus number. It was moved into the present building sometime following its construction in 1988. The original organ consisted of four ranks, three of which are inside the swell box and are not visible. The box is much larger than is necessary to hold these three ranks, so it looks much bigger than it actually is. One rank forms a facade in front of the shutters. A 21-pipe ¼-length 16’ “Contre Trompette” was added at a later date. At note 22 it joins the 8’ Fagott (full length) inside

2 the swell box. These newer pipes have lids on top of their resonators and are extremely buzzy due to their very short length and large diameter. It is a VERY poor tonal match. The organ is 4.5 ranks today, 337 pipes, still with the original Wicks phosphor-bronze switching system. This is the source of numerous dead notes that come and go. The blower and reservoir are located in the attic space above the pastor’s office, behind the block wall. The DC low voltage power supply is also located in this space. The console is on the main floor with a large bundle of cables serving the analog switching system going under the adjacent choir risers. All unit switching is inside the console – there is no separate relay inside the organ. The console is quite heavy and cannot easily be moved. The switches make noise. The choir, when present, sits under the organ shelf in a tonal “shadow”. With the current configuration it would be difficult for the choir members to hear the organ in balance. The console location also makes it difficult for the organist to hear the organ well, although the fine acoustics of the room and numerous nearby reflective surfaces make it much more successful than might be expected. This organ is very small, despite its visual appearance. It is highly unified, which hinders the organist’s ability to clearly lead the congregation. It has one stop from each of the four pipe organ families: principal, flute, string, reed. Each rank is available at many pitches, and this results in the “missing note” phenomenon where one might play a note but there are no pipes left since all are playing already. The inability to add rhythmic drive through articulation is what damages the organ’s leadership ability. The availability of a great variety of organ tone is simply missing. • 16’/8’/4’ Subbass/Rohrflute, 85 pipes (flute) • 8’/4’/2’/1’ Gemshorn TC, 73 pipes (string/hybrid) • 8’/4’ Fagott ,73 pipes (reed) + 16’ Contre Trompette, 21 pipes • 8’/4’/2’ Principal, 85 pipes (principal)

Casavant Opus 2956 Casavant Opus 2956 of 22 ranks from 1966 at Chapel of the Cross at Luther Seminary in St. Paul is for sale for $19,400. This organ was designed and voiced by Lawrence Phelps and is on very low wind pressure. This organ is a good size for St. John’s, although we believe the tonal design is not the best for church service playing. A pipe organ in a liturgical church must do many things: 1. Foremost is leading hymns and liturgy. The Casavant excels at this. 2. Second is accompanying everything from a single child’s voice to full choir to brass ensemble. With no enclosed Swell, the Casavant would not do this well at all. 3. Third is playing voluntaries – for preludes, postludes, offering, wedding processions and contemplative music for funerals. The Casavant will excel at this for organ music before the Romantic period, as well as some contemporary music. The vast amount of music from the Romantic period would not fare well on this organ. The list of requirements is quite broad, and only an organ with adequate, varied resources can be expected to be successful at all of these. The voicing style is quite different from the Wicks. Tonal finishing of the Casavant is vastly better quality than the Wicks.

3 Proposal The Casavant will be a good fit, but it needs some changes – both physical and tonal – to fit the available space and to be a truly versatile church organ. We feel that the Opus 2956 Positiv division should be converted into a Swell by enclosing it in a box with shutters. (Casavant concurs with this change.) The Casavant requires greater depth than the St. John’s shelf provides. From the building plans, we can see that there are steel beams on both sides and the front face of the shelf. The shelf may or may not need additional support. Our solution is as follows: 1. Church’s contractor (at Church’s expense depending on engineer’s advice): Add vertical steel from the shelf to the floor to brace the shelf to hold more weight. We can easily hide this inside the lower casework. 2. Move the Positiv chest from the shelf, converting it to a Swell division under the shelf. New casework will enclose it. 3. Elevate the windchests on the shelf to allow maintenance access underneath, and provide “skirting” casework. The Great Principal 8’ will almost touch the ceiling. 4. Rearrange the Pedal wind chests (currently along the back wall) that make the organ deep in the area vacated. The Pedal would be grouped mostly behind the facade at the right end of the shelf. 5. The existing Casavant facade will remain intact and be placed on the front face of the shelf. 6. Move the choir and Casavant console across the room on a rolling platform.

Recycled materials from both organs • Wicks 16’ Rohrflute 1-73 becomes 16’-10.2/3’-8’ Gedeckt for the Pedal (44 pipes) • Wicks 8’ Gemshorn (tc) 13-61 becomes the Swell 8’ Gemshorn Celeste TC (49 pipes) • Wicks 8’ Principal 13-73 becomes Swell 4’ Principal (61 pipes) • Wicks 8’ Fagott 1-61 becomes Great 8’ Trompete (61 pipes) • Wicks 16’ Contra Trompette 1-12 to become 16’ extension to 8’ Schalmei (12 pipes) • Casavant console • Casavant blower • Wicks blower • Casavant reservoirs • Wicks main chest, 4’ Principal chest This represents re-use of most of the Wicks pipes and all of the Casavant pipes. All of the Casavant wind chests will be retained and used after receiving new leather.

New materials • 8’ Gemshorn, 61 vintage pipes from our stock • 4’ Spitzflöte, 61 vintage pipes from our stock • Laukhuff “puffer” style tremulants for the Swell • Syndyne MS8400 relay system with integral combination action • Peterson nameboard with new stop action magnets and tilting tablets (Z-bracket) • 2 swell pedals (Swell, Crescendo)

4 • 2 Organ Supply Industries keyboards, with 27 pistons following AGO standard, non- tracker touch • 13 Toe studs, exact layout TBD • Up to 2 New Organ Supply Industries reservoirs where required • New wind chests by Grandall & Engen (Trompete, Gedeckt), offsets • 2 low voltage power supplies • 1 rolling platform, Organ Supply Industries • Miscellaneous wind lines • 1 Peterson RC-150 Swell motor; new ½ shade front (Wicks will be retained for other 1/2) • Tube steel to support shelf (contractor, if required) • Materials needed to create Swell enclosure and grill, including 1 or 2 doors, plywood & batten design

Unused materials (these become property of Grandall & Engen) • Wicks 16’ Contre Trompette, 13-22 • Wicks 8’ Principal, 1-12 • Wicks console • Wicks power supply • Wicks reservoirs (TBD)

Scope of Work 1. Remove, pack Casavant organ Opus 2956 at Luther Seminary. Ship to our shop in Maple Grove. 2. Ship wind chest primaries and pouch boards to Casavant for new leather. Rewire and polish connectors. 3. Replace reservoir leather as needed locally. 4. Remove, pack Wicks organ Opus 4893. Ship to our shop in Maple Grove. 5. Pack and ship Schalmey & Fagott to Chris Broome in CT for restoration and revoicing at higher pressure. Revoice the Trompete locally. 6. Build new wind chests for Trompete, Gedeckt, offset basses as needed. 7. Clean & revoice all pipes, convert flues to closed toe voicing and rerack as needed. Modify the Great Mixture toeboard, re-cloth both Mixture toeboards as needed. 8. Refinish Casavant console to match woodwork at St. John’s. Rebuild console with new keyboards and new name board. Rebuild pedalboard with new bushings. On installation place the console on new rolling platform. The console will have a fixed umbilical encased in liquidtight flexible metallic conduit to protect the data cable (electrician to run the data cable and FMC at church’s expense) 9. Construct swell enclosure with 3 sets of swell shades covered by decorative grill stained to match church woodwork. Casework to be of oak plywood with battens spaced approximately 4”. 10. Install blowers in attic space behind the organ (licensed electrician at church’s expense). 11. Reinstall Casavant wind chests and facade, per noted modifications 12. Regulate and tune all pipes in the room.

5 Price The price for the above is $246,600. This price is good through February 28, 2021. It includes a $2,500 credit for unused parts. Our current backlog puts this project into mid to late 2023. The contract will include an inflation clause to index all future payments. We will accept a Letter of Intent with a non-refundable deposit of $4,000 (higher than our normal because of a deposit for Chris Broome) at any time to reserve that position in our work queue. Note that we have a number of other proposals out to other clients, so without a Letter of Intent there is no guarantee the work would take place in 2023. We strongly encourage reserving an additional 5- 10% of the total project price to cover “surprises.”

This price does not include: • Storage costs • Removal of the Casavant casework or beams • Architect’s or Engineer’s costs associated with weight and strength calculations • Contractor’s steelwork (if necessary) • Electrician’s costs associated with blower and power supply power, Swell lighting, and running the power and data cable from the console. • Purchase price of the Casavant organ • Pipe repairs or releathering (will be billed separately on a time & materials basis) • Modifications to the “rough” design layout already prepared

6 Current Casavant specification (22 ranks) GREAT 8’ Prinzipal 61 pipes 8’ Rohrflöte 61 pipes 4’ Oktav 61 pipes 2’ Blockflöte 61 pipes 1.1/3’ Mixtur IV 244 pipes 8’ Schalmei 61 pipes POSITIV 8’ Gedackt 61 pipes 4’ Koppelflöte 61 pipes 2’ Prinzipal 61 pipes 1.1/3’ Quintflöte 61 pipes 2.2/3’ Sesquialtera II 122 pipes ½’ Zimbel III 183 pipes PEDAL 16’ Subbass 32 pipes 8’ Prinzipal 32 pipes 4’ Choralbass 32 pipes 16’ Fagott L/2 32 pipes

7 Proposed specification (28 ranks) Insurance value: $833,000 GREAT 10 ranks 16’ Gemshorn 1-12 from Pd. Gedeckt, 13-61 from Swell 8’ Prinzipal 61 Casavant pipes, all on Great windchest 8’ Rohrflöte 61 Casavant pipes 8’ Gemshorn Swell 4’ Oktav 61 Casavant pipes 4’ Spitzflöte 61 vintage pipes from our stock, in place of Mixtur 2’ Blockflöte 61 Casavant pipes 1.1/3’ Mixtur IV 244 Casavant pipes (moved to Schalmei location) 8’ Trompete 61 existing Wicks pipes unmitered, new windchest 8’ Schalmei (SW) Swell 8’ Auto Pedal 8’ Swell to Great Chimes Prepared (Walker) Zimbelstern Prepared (Walker) SWELL Expressive, 13 ranks 8’ offset pipes on new chests 8’ Gedeckt 61 Casavant pipes 8’ Gemshorn 61 vintage pipes, on Wicks chest (flute, C/C# flipped) 8’ Celeste TC 49 old pipes from existing Wicks; Wicks chest 4’ Prinzipal 61 Wicks pipes, Wicks facade chest (back) 4’ Koppelflöte 61 Casavant pipes 2’ Oktav 61 Casavant pipes 1.1/3’ Quintflöte 61 Casavant pipes 2.2/3’ Sesquialtera II 122 Casavant pipes ½’ Zimbel III 183 Casavant pipes, softened 16’ Basson 12 existing Wicks Con. Trompette, unmodified 8’ Schalmei 61 pipes, Moved from Great; on Wicks Chest & back Tremulant New PEDAL 5 ranks 16’ Subbass 32 Casavant pipes, partly in facade, left and right 16’ Gedeckt 12 existing Wicks pipes, existing chest 10-2/3’ Quintbass From existing Wicks pipes 8’ Prinzipal 32 Casavant pipes, facade left 8’ Gedeckt 32 existing Wicks pipes, new chest 8’ Gemshorn Swell 4’ Choralbass 32 Casavant pipes 16’ Posaune 32 Casavant (Fagott) pipes, restored by Broome 8’ Trompete Great 4’ Schalmei Swell 8’ Great to Pedal 8’ Swell to Pedal

Wicks pipes in Bold. Stops on new windchests in italics

8 About Grandall and Engen LLC. From 1970-1983, David Engen worked for the Hendrickson Organ Company in St. Peter, MN, working every aspect of organ building, including special emphasis on tuning and voicing. He incorporated in 1983, concentrating on organ maintenance and tuning in the Twin Cities area. Clients range from St. James and Mankato in the west to Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls, WI in the east. With degrees in Church Music and Organ Pedagogy from St. Olaf College and University of Iowa, he has concentrated on the pipe organ from the perspective of the church musician. Following a different trajectory, David Grandall entered the pipe organ maintenance field in the Rochester area following completion of Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in engineering at the University of Minnesota. He brings a large client base from Rochester and southeastern Minnesota. His primary expertise is in the physical design and complex engineering inherent in every pipe organ, as well as tuning and maintenance. After working together for several years, we decided that a merged company made a lot of sense, so Grandall and Engen LLC was formed late in 2013 through a merger of David Engen and Associates and David Grandall Organwerks. We bring together a number of technicians from both companies, with shop space in Maple Grove, a suburb of Minneapolis, and a technical team in Rochester. The merged company follows a philosophy of doing pro-active organ maintenance seeking to find and correct small problems before they become large and expensive. In the area of consulting we have made significant input to new organs at St. Paul’s Episcopal in Minneapolis, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran in Shoreview, Augustana Lutheran in St. Paul, and Westminster Presbyterian in Minneapolis. All have been cover features in “The American Organist” magazine. The company has also built a small organ for the chapel at Becketwood, a senior residence in Minneapolis (home to Paul Manz before his death), as well as completing many enhancement and enlargement projects. By intent most projects are kept small and often involve enhancements or organ enlargement, including revoicing. Recent contracts include: . Trinity Lutheran, Belle Plaine: all new electrical system, add 3 ranks, revoice pedal . University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire: revise electrical system, new keyboards, new stop jambs, revoice mixtures, clean entire organ, other repairs . Ladysmith UCC, Ladysmith: replace action in windchests and revive an organ silent for ten years following tornado . Trinity Episcopal, Excelsior: finish voicing . First Congregational, River Falls: new action, new relay system, insulate chamber, revised stoplist, revoiced, one new rank . First Baptist, St. Paul: new relay system, restore stoplist to something approaching the original of 1875, new stop jambs and key contacts, cleaned and regulated, restore Great Mixture and 16’ Open Wood found in storage . St. Mary’s Parish, Cashton, WI: build a new organ within the existing case from early 1900s after organ has been silent for many decades . St. Timothy Lutheran, St. Paul: rebuild, expand, revoice . Cross of Glory Lutheran, Brooklyn Park: clean, repair, revise stoplist and revoice . Concordia University, St. Paul: keydesk renovation, new stop action, new bench, two new ranks . Assisi Heights, Rochster: rebuild wind chests . Gethsemane Lutheran, Hopkins: new electrical system, console upgrades; releathering (2021) . St. Martin's Episcopal, Minnetonka Beach: repairs and enhacements, restore swell enclosure, restorative voicing to counter aging pipe metal . Lutheran Church of Christ the Redeemer, Minneapolis: new organ using parts of a 4-rank Moller Artiste . First Lutheran, Grand Rapids, MN: clean, replace relay system, add 2 ranks . First Congregational, Menomonie, WI: clean, replace reservoir, raise pitch . Martin Luther College, New Ulm: rebuild practice organ . Bethlehem Covenant, Minneapolis: clean, add visible facade, repair shutters, add ranks (2021) . Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, Plymouth: replace failing valves, revoice (2021) . Grace University Lutheran, Minneapolis: significant additions and tonal changes (2022) . Zumbro Lutheran, Rochester: renovate large tracker organ at its 50th anniversary (2022) . Gloria Dei Lutheran, Rochester: Electrical renovation and cleaning (2023) . Lands Lutheran, Zumbrota: Rewire, reconfigure swell, varied repairs (2023)

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