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Wm. Schuelke Organ Co. (1895)

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
121 E. 4th Street
Remsen, IA

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Unknown - Organ Case (Photograph by Simon Pick (2014) ./Database Manager)

Unknown - Console and Organ Case (Photograph by Simon Pick (ca 2010) ./Database Manager)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Photograph by Simon Pick (2015) ./Database Manager)

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Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - The builder did not use opus numbers to identify his work, but the catalog number S-123 was assigned to this instrument by Elizabeth Towne Schmitt and may be used for reference. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1994 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - In use 1994. Mechanical coupler. Original bellows have been replaced. Bung boards on some chests have been glued in place. -Database Manager

2009-02-09 - Restored by Dobson, 2001. -Database Manager

2016-10-05 - Updated through online information from Simon Pick. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Remsen, Iowa
St. Mary's Church (RC)

William Schuelke, Milwaukee, Wis., 1895
(Stoplist: John Panning 1997)

Great - 58 notes
Bourdon 16 (TC)
Principal 8 (some open wood basses)
Flauto 8 (1-12 stopped, 13-58 open)
Gamba 8 (1-12 from Flauto)
Octave 4
Flute d'Amour 4
Super Octave 2
Mixture III fach (1-24: 15-19-22; 25-58: 8-12-15)
Swell to Great

Swell - 58 notes (enclosed)
Geigen Principal 8 (1-12 stopped wood)
Gedackt 8
Salicional 8 (1-12 from Gedackt)
Fugara 4

Pedal - 27 notes
Sub Bass 16
Octave Bass 8 (open wood)

Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Pedal Check
Bellows Signal

(No tremolo!)

Tubular key action, tracker stop action.
"...the first tubular pneumatic organ that Schuelke built in Iowa."



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