Wm. Schuelke Organ Co.
Opus S-10, 1879
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
North Ninth Street
Milwaukee, WI, US
38 Ranks - 1,746 Pipes
Instrument ID: 4974 ● Builder ID: 5636 ● Location ID: 4721
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IMAGES
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
2 Manuals (58 Notes)30 Note Pedal36 Stops37 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Exhibited in the 1990 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
A PBS documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOLpnCCoRUI
seems to indicate that some of the chests were salvaged. The building is now in use again, and there is a small organ near the sanctuary.
Database Manager on May 17th, 2018:
Updated by James R. Stettner, who gave this as the source of the information: Online news video on May 15, 2018.
Tragically, this organ was destroyed by a 4-alarm fire at the church on May 15, 2018. Online news video from May 16, 2018 shows the interior from a helicopter. The console seems to be extant, but the case and pipework are destroyed.
Database Manager on May 16th, 2018:
Updated by Thomas L. DeLay
Organ likely destroyed by fire 5/15/2018 http://fox6now.com/2018/05/15/huge-fire-breaks-out-at-trinity-evangelical-lutheran-church-in-downtown-milwaukee/
Database Manager on May 16th, 2018:
Updated by Joseph Molter
Database Manager on October 10th, 2013:
Updated through online information from Richard C Greene.
Database Manager on January 24th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Paul Grime.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The builder did not use opus numbers to identify his work, but the catalog number S-10 was assigned to this instrument by Elizabeth Towne Schmitt and may be used for reference.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Ventil chests with Barker machine. Action made tubular c. 1900. Rebuilt by Wangerin 1927 as EP on Schuelke chests, some tonal changes. Tonal alterations by Peters, Weiland late 1980's.
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