The instrument associated with St. Paul's Lutheran Church: Opus 33
Martin Ott Opus 33 was originally commissioned by Mount Tabor Lutheran Church. Its archived identity line gives 1978, while the narrative says 1985; the source does not reconcile those dates. After Mount Tabor merged with Good Shepherd Lutheran, the organ moved to Good Shepherd and later proved too small for that congregation's new space.
Opus 33 carries a recorded year of 1978. The wording remains broad because the builder account for St. Paul's Lutheran Church does not name the milestone it marks. St. Paul's Lutheran Church and Glencoe, Missouri anchor the project, and any later move or alteration belongs to a separate date. Present condition requires a present-day statement.
The room question behind Opus 33
The record associates Opus 33 with St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Glencoe, Missouri. For the St. Paul's Lutheran Church project in Glencoe, Missouri, that supplies a social and religious setting, not a description of how the sanctuary sounded. In the St. Paul's Lutheran Church account from Glencoe, Missouri, a plan, a placement photograph, or a measured acoustic report would be needed before the building could enter the musical analysis in greater detail.
Reading the numerical outline for St. Paul's Lutheran Church: Opus 33
Reading Opus 33 numerically starts with 12 stops and 14 ranks. At St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Glencoe, Missouri, one number describes controls and the other describes pipe rows. Opus 33 lists 2 more ranks than stop controls. In the St. Paul's Lutheran Church account from Glencoe, Missouri, the relationship describes scale rather than a division plan, and it does not identify a single tonal voice. Within the documented Glencoe chapter, that is enough to compare scale, but not enough to reconstruct manuals, Pedal, wind system, or chorus structure.
The summary for Opus 33 cannot tell us how each division sounded, but it does establish the scale printed for St. Paul's Lutheran Church. That distinction matters when later photographs or programmes surface in Glencoe, Missouri. A reliable Opus 33 stop list could connect the count with actual pipe families and pitches. Until an Opus 33 list is found, no tonal resource should be added simply because it would be typical of another Ott organ.
Touch, control, and the missing technical detail: Opus 33
For Opus 33 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, mechanical key action is documented for the project. For the St. Paul's Lutheran Church project in Glencoe, Missouri, that separates the key command from an electric-only transmission while leaving the console relationship and tracker route undescribed. The builder account for St. Paul's Lutheran Church makes no claim about wear, noise, regulation, or playing condition today.
What the project facts suggest, cautiously: Opus 33
The St. Paul's Lutheran Church project is not described by numbers alone: the archive contains a date conflict: 1978 identity line, 1985 narrative and it was moved after a church merger. At St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Glencoe, Missouri, the reading stays close to the documented church project. For the St. Paul's Lutheran Church project in Glencoe, Missouri, placement, materials, action, and named events can be reported, while the full chorus structure and everyday role remain unknown. A specification would clarify the instrument at St. Paul's Lutheran Church; local programmes would clarify how musicians used it. The listed 12-stop, 14-rank scale remains the numerical boundary for this reading.
What happened after the organ was built: Opus 33
St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Glencoe, Missouri, then bought the instrument for its smaller sanctuary. Rodney Schrank played the first dedicatory recital, and Paul Grime later recorded on the organ. The sequence of congregations and the reason for the final move are clearer than the conflicting early date, which should remain unresolved.
Where the evidence stops for Opus 33
The former builder page associates 1 numbered image file with Opus 33; images/033/033_m.jpg appears first. The Glencoe project-number match supports identification, but it does not settle authorship or permission to publish. The available text names neither a usable creator credit nor a reuse licence.
The known chronology for Opus 33 ends before a present-day survey. For a current account, St. Paul's Lutheran Church would need to confirm the location and supply a dated specification or condition note. At St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Glencoe, Missouri, without that material, the article can describe the documented past but not present access or performance.