Grandall and Engen

11/26/2025

Our project to move and enlarge the Casavant from Luther Seminary in St. Paul is complete. The organ is now at home in St. John’s Lutheran in Howard Lake, MN.

11/03/2025

Another milestone in Howard Lake, MN. Exposed pipes are in place.

10/22/2025

Completion is in sight for Howard Lake. Rebuilt console has been delivered. It was blond to match woodwork in the seminary chapel. Refinished to match the St. John’s woodwork.

07/13/2025

Open house for St. John’s Lutheran in Howard Lake, MN. Half of the organ is playable in the shop. This is the complete Casavant Great. 8’ facade on the left will be visible in the church. Original blond console has been refinished to match woodwork in the church. New nameboard and relay.

05/17/2025

Work is gearing up for St. John’s in Howard Lake, MN. Shown are the Great windchest being fitted for new ranks and all of the middle C pipes on the voicing machine. Adjusting them to balance and to work with pipes added from the old organ.

04/13/2025

01/03/2025

Work on the Casavant organ at St. John’s in Howard Lake, Mn begins in earnest next week when the existing Wicks (4 ranks) is removed. Much of the pipework will be incorporated into the Casavant, currently in storage.

11/11/2024

The staff is busy with pre-Christmas tuning. There’s very little shop work at this time of year. Several organs each week. Some small projects have been completed in the last few months. Our next big project after Christmas is reconfirming the Luther Seminary Casavant for St. John’s Lutheran in Howard Lake, MN. Since there is less space available on the shelf in the church, the chests must be moved around to fit. Should be an exciting re/imagining of the original.

08/16/2024

St. John's Lutheran Church in Howard Lake sang all 569 hymns in the hymnal.

07/04/2024

After some water damage from a leaky roof, we removed the exposed pipes and windchest and replaced the damaged valves. The mixture was made up of old pipes and not very successful. We substituted a Moller mixture with consistent pipes and scaling throughout the compass. This is Good Shepherd Lutheran in Ashland, WI. There are also some issues in the swell, but it will have to wait for more money. The swell windchest is extremely old and probably should be replaced to ensure reliability.