Better Pipe Organ Database

Wm. Schuelke Organ Co. Opus S-70 (1891)

St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church
7401 Columbus Street
New Vienna, IA

OHS convention: 1986

Images

1986 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph from an archival source: 1986 OHS Handbook, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2024-05-30 - Right stopjamb (Becky Williams/ Becky Williams)

2024-05-30 - Left stopjamb (Becky Williams/Becky Williams)

2024-06-17 - Builder's nameplate (Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

2024-06-17 - Organ in rear gallery (Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Detached Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
2 manuals
22 stops
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - The builder did not use opus numbers to identify his work, but the catalog number S-70 was assigned to this instrument by Elizabeth Towne Schmitt and may be used for reference. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1986 -Database Manager

2006-02-02 - Updated through online information from John Seboldt. -Database Manager

2011-05-08 - Updated through online information from John Panning. -Database Manager

2021-10-11 - From the *1986 OHS Handbook:* "The Principal 16' has some stopped wood basses; the Viola de Gamba 8' has 6 open wood basses. The Flute d'Amour 4' has 12 stopped wood basses with drilled stoppers. The Geigen Principal 8' has open wood basses with inverted mouths; the Swell 8' strings share an octave of stopped metal pipes. The bottom octave of the Flauto Harmonique 4' is of open wood melodias; the tenor octave is open metal; the stop is harmonic from MC. The Violoncello 8' has inverted mouths. The organ was renovated by Carroll Hanson of Iowa City in 1972. The wind system is not original, having been replaced at the time of the renovation." -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from OHS PC Database. [Contains some typographical errors and omissions.] Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

St Boniface RC Church, New Vienna, Iowa
1891 William Schuelke, Op. S-70

MANUAL I                        MANUAL II                 PEDAL
   16' Principal                16' Bourdon               16' Principal
    8' Principal                 8' Geigen Principal      16' Sub Bass
    8' Melodia                   8' Gedackt                8' Octave Bass
    8' Viola da Gamba            8' Salicional             8' Violoncello
    4' Principal                 8' Aeoline
    4' Flute dAmour              4' Fugara
2-2/3' Quinte                    4' Flute Harmonique
    2' Octave                    8' Oboe & Bassoon
       Mixture III
    8' Trompete

I Manual-Pedal
II Manual-Pedal 
Calcant

Documents

(1991-09-22) Centennial Recital, September 22, 1991 Program for the recital, including history and specification. -Database Manager