Christ Lutheran Church
700 County Hwy. B
Stoughton, WI
Images
2015 - Console in choir area (Photograph by Jeffery Rowley/Jeffery Rowley)
2009-06-13 - Windows behind choir area. This, along with all of the original side windows in sanctuary were saved because they were stored off-site since 1999 (Photograph by Jeffery Rowley/Jeffery Rowley)
2009-06-13 - The middle window is from 1904 building and covered for decades. This window was spared from fire - it was behind the organ chamber. (Photograph by Jeffery Rowley/Jeffery Rowley)
2015-11-18 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeffery Rowley/Jeffery Rowley)
2012-03-24 - Sanctuary and organ screen. Swell and Pedal above and behind the choir/console (Photograph by Jeffery Rowley/Jeffery Rowley)
2009-06-13 - Sanctuary with organ screen. Great Division is above and directly behind the altar (Photograph by Jeffery Rowley/Jeffery Rowley)
Notes
2020-05-25 - Jeffery Rowley on May 23, 2020:
The Wangerin Organ was purchased in 1896 for the second sanctuary. The organ was moved in 1904 to a new sanctuary build on the same site as the second sanctuary.
The Schantz Organ Company built a new detached console, the 1904 Sanctuary was remodled after a small altar fire in 1966. At this point the entire instrument was now under one expression. A Crescendo pedal was added at this time.
Norbert Berschdorf from Milwaukee, Wisconsin split the manuals into two chambers now at the left and right in the sanctuary with an additional 5 ranks to the Swell and 6 Ranks to the Great. The Swell had always had 73 notes for coupling purposes and the new Swell ranks had 73 pipes per rank as well.
A New Sanctuary was constructed in 1999. The organ was transferred by Fred Hermes. The specification was the same only the offset chest for the swell did not get installed.
2005 was a very bad year for the church because the entire facility burned to the ground including the attached school. A new sanctuary was built at 700 County HWY B. The organ was the only thing that did not burn because it was behind the very last firewall and it was re-installed in 2007 by Fred Hermes. The swell gained the full use of the Bourdon 16' at this time. Additional changes were made in 2013 by the Fabry, Inc of Antioch Illinois. The Swell replaced the Aeoline/Violin/Nasard cut downs with a new proper Nasard 2 2/3'. The Great replaced the weak Gemshorn/4'/2' changes from 1974 and replaced it with a new Gemshorn that was voiced to mach the remaineder of the pipes. A new console was supplied by Organ Supply Industries.
Additions by Norbert Berschdorf - Milwaukee, for Christ Lutheran's 100 Anniversary. The Great Dulciana 8' is one of the best examples of the stop. Originally published 1974-2005 (Organ transferred to New Sanctuary in 1999) -Jeff Scofield
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