Westwood Lutheran Church

9001 Cedar Lake Road
St Louis Park, MN 55426


Builder: Holtkamp Organ Co, Opus 1778, 1964
Manuals: 3
Ranks: 40
Stops: 31
Pipes: 2134
Action: Electropneumatic

Notes: Great on top (slider chest with direct electric valves, pneumatic slider motors), Swell in center, Positiv on right, Pedal on left.  Behind Positiv are basses of 16' Quintadena (1-32), sharp side of 16' Posaune and 16' Principal. 61 notes Great and Swell, 56 notes Positiv, 32 notes Pedal. One of the last organs designed by Walter Holtkamp Sr (1894-1962)and its installation was completed by Walter Holtkamp Jr. (1929-2018). Westwood was home base for music director Ronald A. Nelson (1927-2014) which he served for 37 years. A unique scholarship program and choir school produced a number of students who went on to careers in music as a direct result of his influence.
First photo is from before the expansion when the church still had pews and hanging lights. Second picture is after the expansion and when the church had undergone an extensive remodel, including movable chairs. Third picture shows Kris Langlois and Michael Burkhardt at the console.

Dedication program by Heinrich Fleischer

GREAT (slider chest)
16' Quintadena* 61
8' Principal 61
8' Gedackt 61
4' Octave 61
4' Spitzflöte 61
2' Octavin
1.1/3' Mixture IV 244
8' Trumpet 61

SWELL
8' Gamba 61
8' Gamba Celeste bg 54
8' Bourdon 61 (wood and metal)
4' Gemshorn 61
2' Principal 61
1.1/3' Quinte 61
16' Fagott 61 (copper basses)
8' Oboe 61 (copper basses)

POSITIV
8' Copula 56 (wood)
4' Praestant 56
4' Rohrflöte 56
2' Doublette 56
2.2/3' Sesquialtera II 112
1/2' Scharf III 168
8' Cromorne 56 (wood)

PEDAL
16' Principal 32
16' Subbass 32
16' Quintadena (Gt)
8' Octave 32
8' Flauto Dolce 32 (wood)
4' Choralbass 32* (tapered)
2.2/3' Rauschbass IV 128
16' Posaune 32 (copper)
8' Trumpet 32

* Pipes marked became part of the organ at Becketwood (where Ronald A. Nelson lived prior to his death) when the Holtkamp was rebuilt and enlarged.