First Lutheran Church

301 West Clark Street
Albert Lea, MN 56007

Builder: Austin Organ Co. (Opus 2233, 1956)
Manuals: 3
Ranks: 46
Action: Universal Air Chest System

Notes: The organ is in gallery-level chambers at the rear of the room. Traditional style console with roll top. The console is in a fixed position, center.

--Organ Historical Society. Specification and photos from David Jensen. Last Update: 8/2008

Casework around exposed Great built by Charles Hendrickson in the late 1970's to protect the pipes from the cold draft from the window. A simlar structure was installed in 1970 at Our Savior's Lutheran in LaCrosse, also an Austin organ with exposed pipes next to a large window. Reservoirs were re-leathered by Barry Lund shortly thereafter when a spring had flown off the high-pressure Choir reservoir an nearly went through the window.

GREAT ORGAN
16 Violone 61
8 Diapason 61
8 Harmonic Flute 61
8 Gemshorn 61
4 Octave 61
4 Quintadena 61
2-2/3 Octave Quint 61
2 Super Octave 61
V Fourniture 305 (subsequently split into III Fourniture and II Sesquialtera)
8' Festival Trumpet (added by Roland Rutz)
Chimes

SWELL ORGAN (right chamber)
8 Geigen Principal 68
8 Rohrflöte 68
8 Viole de Gambe 68
8 Voix Celeste 68
4 Principal 68
4 Rohrflöte (Waldflöte) 68
2 Octavin 61
IV Plein Jeu 244
16 Contra Fagotto 68
8 Trompette 68
4 Clarion 68
8 English Horn 68
Tremulant

CHOIR ORGAN (left chamber)
8 Spitz Principal 68
8 Gedackt 68
8 Dolce 68
8 Dolce Celeste 68
4 Prestant 68
4 Koppelflöte 68
2-2/3 Nasard 61
2 Blockflöte 61
1-3/5 Tierce 61
III Cymbel 183
8 Krummhorn 68
8 Bombarde (ped) 36
Tremulant

PEDAL ORGAN
16 Diapason 32
16 Bourdon 32
16 Violine Gt
16 Lieblich Gedackt (ext) Ch 12
8 Principal 32
8 Violine Gt
8 Gedackt 32
4 Choral Bass 32
4 Flute
III Pedal Mixture 96
16 Bombarde 32
16 Fagotto (Sw)
8 Trompette (Ch)

Console knobs 
First Lutheran exterior
Austin organ
Original console 
Casework added to shield from the cold window 
View inside swell; motor turns "fan" tremulant 
Austin note action inside universal chest