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Werner Bosch (1964)

Concordia College: Chapel in the Classroom Building
Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee, WI

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
25 stops
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Organ sold [when College moved to Mequon.?] -Database Manager

2010-06-10 - Updated through online information from Dennis Prechel. -- Prof. James Engel was the college organist at the time of the purchase and installation of this instrument. I was a student at Concordia College when the instrument was installed; I helped remove and carry inside the pipes from the delivery cases. I spent one organ recital inside the organ tapping one of the windchest sliders to turn it on when needed. -Database Manager

2013-07-03 - Updated through online information from David Bohn. -- Relocated to Memorial Lutheran Church, Milwaukee -Database Manager

Stoplist

Master's Thesis by Carl R. Ziebell titled "I Walk With Angels: The Life and Work of James Engel," 13 April 2011, Concordia Unive Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Concordia College

Werner Bosch, Kassel, Germany, Opus 333, October-November 1963

     Hauptwerk:
Prinzipal         8'   56 pipes
Gedackt           8'   56 pipes
Prinzipal         4'   56 pipes
Rohrfloete        4'   56 pipes
Flachfloete       2'   56 pipes
Klein Nasat   1 1/3'   56 pipes
Mixture V         1'  280 pipes
Krummhorn         8'   56 pipes
Tremolant
Schwellwerk to Hauptwerk

     Schwellwerk:
Holzgedackt       8'   56 pipes
Spitzgambe        8'   56 pipes
Schwebung (t.c.)  8'   56 pipes
Koppelfloete      4'   56 pipes
Nasat         2 2/3'   56 pipes
Prinzipal         2'   56 pipes
Blockfloete       2'   56 pipes
Terz          1 3/5'   56 pipes
Scharf IV       2/3'  224 pipes
Rankett          16'   56 pipes
Schalmei-Oboe     8'   56 pipes
Tremolant

     Pedal:
Subbass          16'   32 pipes
Prinzipal         8'   32 pipes
Spitzgedackt      8'   32 pipes
Choralbass        4'   32 pipes
Nachthorn         2'   32 pipes
Fagott           16'   32 pipes
Rohr Schalmei     4'   32 pipes
Hauptwerk to Pedal
Schwellwerk to Pedal
Zimbelstern

Organ is located on the second floor of the Classroom Building
Organ is free-standing in the back of the Chapel
Oak case is 21' high
Keyboard natural keys are ebony
Keyboard sharp keys are pear wood with ivory overlay
Pedal natural keys are maple
Pedal sharp keys are ebony
Organ uses mechanical (tracker) action
Metal pipes are lead, tin, or zinc
Wood pipes are oak or mahogany
Organ console has rocker tabs and roll-top cover
There are three preset buttons and tutti button with tabs to remove reeds from tutti
Tonal design by Dr. Hugo Gehrke
Dedication on November 17, 1963
Dedicatory recital by Hugo Gehrke on January 12, 1964
Prof. James Engel was the College organist and presented recitals in 1965, 1966, and 1967 (and presumably thereafter)
The last major organ event on the Milwaukee campus was a benefit recital and hymn sing on June 26, 1983



 [Received from Dennis Prechel 2014-10-01.]

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