The 1983 chapter of Opus 28 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Martin Ott Opus 28 was built in 1983 for St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Des Peres, Missouri. The page sketches a congregation founded in 1849 and identifies its current sanctuary as the fourth building on the site. A large balcony accommodates the organ, choirs, and instrumentalists together.
Opus 28 appears in the catalogue under 1983. In the St. Paul's Lutheran Church account from Des Peres, Missouri, catalogue dates can mark different stages of an organ project, and this entry does not choose among them. For St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Des Peres, Missouri, the exact stage remains open unless a narrative or dated document names it. At St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Des Peres, Missouri, current status requires newer evidence than the catalogue year.
Des Peres as the setting for Opus 28
St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Des Peres, Missouri is the named institutional setting. A church instrument may meet congregational, choral, and solo demands, but those uses cannot all be assigned to this organ unless the Des Peres project account says so. No floor plan or measured acoustic data accompanies the entry, so the building's present response and the Des Peres organ's balance within it remain open questions.
The recorded scale of Opus 28 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Opus 28 is listed with 30 stops and 38 ranks. For the St. Paul's Lutheran Church project in Des Peres, Missouri, those numbers answer different questions: stops describe controls, while ranks count sets of pipes. The rank count on Opus 28 exceeds the stop count by 8. Multi-rank chorus stops may contribute to that gap; only the full disposition can show how. The figures recorded for the Des Peres project establish the documented scale, not the exact number of pipes, the balance between divisions, or the sound of a particular chorus.
At St. Paul's Lutheran Church, the recorded overview for Opus 28 is useful because it fixes the scale associated with the historical project. That Opus 28 line cannot explain voicing or the balance between divisions. A later specification from Des Peres, Missouri could show whether the count remained stable and whether any stop changed name, pitch, or function. For Opus 28, the older total is reported without assuming continuity.
Action and control in the Des Peres project: Opus 28
For Opus 28 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, mechanical action is the listed key system. In broad terms, the player's finger moves a chain of physical parts rather than sending only an electrical command. The entry does not give tracker lengths, key weight, console distance, or a condition report, so no claim is made about responsiveness now.
Beyond the totals: one clue from St. Paul's Lutheran Church: Opus 28
Beyond the totals, Opus 28 is defined by the source's own sequence: the congregation was founded in 1849 and the church occupied its fourth sanctuary on the site. A church commission raises practical questions about leading song, accompanying a choir, and fitting the instrument at St. Paul's Lutheran Church into the room. The Des Peres project details above do not answer questions about registration or repertoire. Within the documented Des Peres chapter, those need a specification and evidence of actual services or recitals. The listed 30-stop, 38-rank scale remains the numerical boundary for this reading.
The later chapter at St. Paul's Lutheran Church: Opus 28
The free-standing oak case has an attached keydesk. Donald Petering was music director during construction of the sanctuary and organ, with Mark Bender named as his successor. No recital or later alteration is recorded. The surviving account links the case and shared music balcony with the church's building history and change in music leadership.
Photographs and unanswered questions from Des Peres: Opus 28
Image evidence for Opus 28 begins with images/028/028_m.jpg; 1 linked file carries the same project number. That is enough to investigate identity, not enough to treat the file as freely reusable photography. The source page for St. Paul's Lutheran Church supplies no complete credit or licence.
What remains unknown about Opus 28 is concrete: its present location, condition, and complete current specification. The St. Paul's Lutheran Church history could be extended by an identified console or case photograph and a dated institutional account. In the St. Paul's Lutheran Church account from Des Peres, Missouri, until then, the old chronology is not evidence of current access.