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B. Schaefer & Sons Co. (1914)

St. Joseph's Convent: Chapel
Milwaukee, WI

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

Images

Unknown - Organ Case ((pre-1920) Scan from Schaefer Sales Catalog; image courtesy of David Bohn/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
32 stops
32 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2014-09-20 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by David Bohn, using information found in Schaefer Company Brochure, ca. 1918. -- Organ rebuilt by Schaefer, 1928, and replaced by Casavant in 1981. -Database Manager

2014-09-21 - Updated through online information from David Bohn. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from 1918 Sales Brochure Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Saint Joseph's Convent Chapel

Schaefer, 1914-1917

Great                               Choir
16' Open Diapason (61 pipes)         8' Violin Diapason (73 pipes)
 8' Open Diapason (61 pipes)         8' Melodia (73 pipes)
 8' Double Flute (61 pipes)          8' Quintadena (73 pipes)
 8' Viol d'Gamba (61 pipes)          8' Gemshorn (73 pipes)
 8' Gedackt (61 pipes)               8' Dulciana (73 pipes)
 4' Octave (61 pipes)                8' Oboe Gamba (73 pipes)
 8' Trumpet (61 pipes)               4' Flute d'Amour (73 pipes)
 4' Great to Great                   8' Clarinet (73 pipes)
 8' Swell to Great                      Tremolo
16' Swell to Great                   4' Choir to Choir
 4' Swell to Great                   8' Swell to Choir
 8' Choir to Great                  16' Swell to Choir
16' Choir to Great                   4' Swell to Choir
 4' Choir to Great                      Choir Unison Off
    Great Unison Off

Swell                               Pedal
16' Bourdon (73 pipes)              16' Double Diapason (30 pipes)
 8' Open Diapason (73 pipes)        16' Violon (30 pipes)
 8' Stopped Diapason (73 pipes)     16' Subbass (30 pipes)
 8' Salicional (73 pipes)            8' Open Diapason (30 pipes)
 8' Voix Celeste  (73 pipes?)        8' Violoncello (30 pipes)
 8' Aeoline (73 pipes)               8' Bass Flute (30 pipes)
 4' Rohr Floete (73 pipes)           4' Pedal to Pedal
 4' Violina (73 pipes)               8' Great to Pedal
 8' Cornopean (73 pipes)             8' Swell to Pedal
 8' Oboe and Bassoon (73 pipes)      8' Choir to Pedal
 8' Vox Humana (73 pipes)
    Tremolo                         Balanced Swell Pedal
 4' Swell to Swell                  Balanced Choir Pedal
 8' Choir to Swell                  Balanced Grand Crescendo Pedal
16' Choir to Swell                  Balanced Swell Crescendo Pedal [?]
 4' Choir to Swell                  Balanced Choir Crescendo Pedal [?]
    Swell Unison Off

Five numbered pistons controlling Great and Pedal Organs
Five numbered pistons controlling Swell and Pedal Organs
Five numbered pistons controlling Choir and Pedal Organs

 [Received from David Bohn 2014-09-22.]

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