Excerpt from the “Dedication of the Bond Organ” service and recital (January 10, 1988):
“Installation of a 20 rank pipe organ for The Lutheran Church of the Incarnation was completed in August 1987. The prime functions of the instrument are leadership and support of musical portions of the worship service and accompaniment for our choirs and instrumental groups. The organ has been designed to produce superb tonal expression in all ranges and is equipped with the sophistication to permit the performance of a wide range of the great organ literature of various periods.
“Incarnation’s new instrument was built by Bond Pipe Organs Inc. of Portland, Oregon under the direction of Richard L. Bond, President. Actual installation was performed by Clifford Fairly and Richard Bond and his wife Roberta, who is the daughter of Milton and Dorothea Petty of this parish.
“The Bond “Opus XII” organ has 16 stops and 1124 pipes arranged in 20 ranks. The console is made of solid quarter-drawn white oak with a hand-rubbed finish. The instrument has slider wind chests with all electric key action and electro-pneumatic stop action. Combination settings are facilitated by a solid-state control system with two memory channels.
“We are most grateful to Mr. Bond for his expertise and professional contacts, permitting the acquisition of the majority of pipes from previous installations, particularly the Hunter Meade Estate in Pasadena. This substantially reduced the cost of the new facility and advanced the availability of an excellent instrument.”