Wicks Organ Co.
Opus 2696, 1946

Updated through online information from Ryan Samek [July 24, 2026]: The original organ in the space was a Vogelpohl & Spaeth, Op. 7, 1896, that featured 12 ranks and was 1 manual and pedal, all with mechanical action. Josh Sellner, naming the original contract (2015). An original installation of a new pipe organ identified by John J. Miller, using information found in the Vogelpohl & Spaeth company ledger currently in the collection of the Brown County Historical Society (New Ulm, MN). Contract signed January 13, 1896, for $1,000. The Church was originally built in 1889. The Church underwent renovation in the mid to late 1920s, and the organ was the last part of the renovations that occurred after stoppage due to the World Wars and the Great depression. According to the Church Records, the Church attempted to contact the Vogelpohl & Spaeth company for them to do the rebuild but were unsucessful due to the company no longer existing and being sold off. The church eventually landed on the Wicks Organ Company to do the rebuild. The contract was signed for $7,450, according to the church records, to have the organ rebuilt and electrified. The Organ and console were restored in 2015 by Robert A. Hoppe and Associates out of Algonia, Wisconsin, as part of the organ's 75th Birthday. The organ is still in existence, playable, and is used weekly for church services. - 2015

Updated through online information from Richard C Greene.

This entry represents the rebuilding and electrification of an existing organ. Identified through online information from Richard C Greene.