Better Pipe Organ Database

Vogelpohl & Spaeth Opus 40 (1904)

St. George Catholic Church
63105 Fort Road
New Ulm, MN

Images

2023-05-13 - Nave (Photograph by Josh Sellner/Josh Sellner)

2023-05-13 - Facade and keydesk (Photograph by Josh Sellner/Josh Sellner)

2023-05-13 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Josh Sellner/Josh Sellner)

2023-05-13 - Restored facade (Photograph by Josh Sellner/Josh Sellner)

2023-05-13 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Josh Sellner/Josh Sellner)

2016-04-07 - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2016-04-07 - Balcony and Organ Case (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2016-04-07 - Keydesk (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2016-04-07 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2015-09-01 - Manuals and Builder Nameplate (Photograph by Nathan Knutson/Database Manager)

2007-04-15 - Keydesk (Photograph by Josh Sellner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
15 stops
15 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has combination trundles

Notes

2009-08-16 - Updated through online information from Josh Sellner. -Database Manager

2014-03-06 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -Database Manager

2015-08-10 - Updated through online information from Josh Sellner. -- According to the Vogelpohl & Spaeth company ledger in the possession of the Brown County Historical Society, the organ cost $1,650.00 when it was installed in 1904. It is completely unaltered, with the exception of the addition of an electric blower and the removal of the original feeders for hand pumping. The original double rise bellows is still intact, and the feeders and mechanism for hand pumping are stored in the steeple niche behind the organ. -Database Manager

2015-09-13 - Updated through online information from Nathan Knutson. -Database Manager

2023-05-13 - The original facade stenciling, which had been painted over with gold paint during a previous decorating project, was restored in early 2023 in conjunction with the redecorating of the interior of the church. -Josh Sellner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken for the console April 15, 2007

West Newton (Rural New Ulm), Minnesota
St. George Catholic Church

Vogelpohl & Spaeth, Opus 40, 1904  


      GREAT
16    Manual Bourdon
8     Principal
8     Melodia	
8     Viol d’Gamba	
4     Octave	
4     Flute	
2 2/3 Twelfth	
2     Octave
	

      SWELL (Expressive)	
8     Geigen Principal	
8     Lieblich Gedeckt	
8     Salicional	
4     Flute Harmonique	
8     Oboe
      Tremolo


      PEDAL
16    Subbass
8     Cello

	
      COUPLERS (Mech. pistons)
Sw. to Ped. Coupler          On/Off
Gt. to Ped. Coupler          On/Off

Sw. to Gt. Coupler           On/Off


      FOOT TRUNDLES (Unlabeled)
Great Forte -

Great Piano -


      PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression             (bal.)


      ACCESSORIES
Bellows Signal


[Received on line from Josh Sellner August 16, 2009.]