St. Michael’s church was built for music. When our founders contracted the design of our church they went the extra mile to retain Dr. Verne Knudsen of UCLA as an acoustical engineering consultant. The building was erected and consecrated in 1966. There were a number of organs ranging from a foot-pump organ to one donated by All Saints, Riverside, but it was Steuart Goodwin who built the first organ into the church sanctuary. For 30 years this organ blessed our sanctuary. In 2007 it was rebuilt so that it would flood our church with the heavenly music that was originally intended by Dr. Knudsen’s design. With the expertise of the case-builder and voicer, Steuart Goodwin, and the work of Ryan Ballantyne, both local artists, this grand 3-manual organ has been finished. The magnificent organ case/keyboard was donated by Arthur Hawn, a retired architecture professor from the University of Oregon. This multi-tiered keyboard plays huge variety of classical pipes sounding in many music styles. It also contains a midi capability that brings this instrument into the technical age. The finest resource is the wonderful acoustical space in the church sanctuary whose exciting, ringing character enhances the sound of both voice and instrument alike. Robert Phillips, our current organist and will happily demonstrate the majestic marriage of Steuart Goodwin/Ryan Ballantyne's organ with Dr. Knudsen’s acoustical design of St. Michael's church sanctuary.