The 1983 project at Our Savior Lutheran Church: Opus 30
Martin Ott Opus 30 was commissioned in 1983 by Grace Lutheran Church in Aurora, where Marianne Webb played the dedicatory recital. After the congregation changed in 2004 and stopped using the organ, it was sold to Our Savior Lutheran Church in Livermore, California.
The surviving chronology begins with 1983 beside Opus 30. Within the documented Livermore chapter, no day, month, or event label accompanies that year. Our Savior Lutheran Church in Livermore, California fixes the historical setting, but a contract or dedication programme would be needed for a tighter sequence. For the Our Savior Lutheran Church project in Livermore, California, the entry does not answer present access or condition.
Reading the setting in Livermore, California: Opus 30
For Opus 30, the geographic anchor is Our Savior Lutheran Church in Livermore, California. The church setting gives the project a clear institutional frame, yet it cannot stand in for evidence about liturgy, repertoire, access, or sound. Unless a recital, hymn event, placement, or acoustic observation appears in the project history, those details should remain unstated.
Scale in figures: the stops and ranks of Opus 30
A total of 17 stops and 20 ranks is attached to Opus 30. In the Our Savior Lutheran Church account from Livermore, California, the first figure belongs to the console controls and the second to sets of pipes, so the numbers should not be treated as synonyms. There are 3 additional listed ranks in the Opus 30 totals. That is compatible with stops drawing several pipe rows, though the short overview does not say which ones. For the Our Savior Lutheran Church project in Livermore, California, they provide a useful scale marker while leaving voicing, wind pressure, pipe count, and division layout unresolved.
The figures for Opus 30 give one fixed point in the history of Our Savior Lutheran Church. They allow the project to be compared with a future dated disposition, although they do not reveal the names or pitches of individual voices. If the two records differ, that change would need its own explanation and date. The present account keeps the builder's numerical outline intact rather than smoothing over an unknown later history.
From the keyboard into the organ: Opus 30
For Opus 30 at Our Savior Lutheran Church, the action is recorded as mechanical. Within the documented Livermore chapter, that tells us how the key command began its journey to a pipe valve; it does not tell us how the stops operated, how the console sat in the room, or how the mechanism has aged. At Our Savior Lutheran Church in Livermore, California, historic action type and current playing condition are not the same claim.
The detail that gives Opus 30 its character
For Our Savior Lutheran Church, the strongest surviving clues are concrete: a dedicatory recital by Marianne Webb is documented and it was sold to Our Savior Lutheran after 2004. The worship setting makes pipe placement and support for singers relevant to the design. The archived account does not describe the complete tonal balance or document day-to-day use. Contemporary parish records, a stop list, or a dedication booklet could supply that missing musical context. The listed 17-stop, 20-rank scale remains the numerical boundary for this reading.
Later events named in the Opus 30 account
The larger California sanctuary required more than reinstallation. Scott Riedel addressed the room acoustics, Martin Ott increased the flue-pipe scaling, and a larger Hauptwerk trumpet was added. The red-oak case retained its attached keydesk. The recital belongs to the Aurora setting; the later rescaling, trumpet, and acoustic planning belong to the organ's Livermore chapter after the sale.
Images, sources, and the open questions for Opus 30
For Opus 30, the source links 4 numbered image files; images/030/030_m1.jpg is the first candidate. They may show the instrument associated with Our Savior Lutheran Church, yet the links alone cannot confirm every subject or permit reuse. At Our Savior Lutheran Church in Livermore, California, no photographer, date, or licence is attached in the extracted material.
For Opus 30, the open end of the story lies in Livermore, California. The historical account does not say whether the organ remains accessible or unchanged. A dated survey from Our Savior Lutheran Church could confirm the present specification and separate surviving fabric from later work.