St. Marcus Lutheran Church
2215 N. Palmer Street
Milwaukee, WI
Images
2017 - Console (Joel Schwartz /Joel)
2017 - Organ in rear gallery (Joel Schwartz/Joel)
0225-02-21 - Church interior (Nicole Keller, via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2025-02-21 - Church interior to rear and organ (Nicole Keller, via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2025-02-21 - Gallery and organ cases (Nicole Keller, via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2025-02-21 - Left case (Nicole Keller, via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2025-02-21 - Right case (Nicole Keller, via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2025-02-21 - Console (Nicole Keller, via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2025-02-21 - Builder's nameplate (Nicole Keller, via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
0225-02-21 - Sanctuary and altar (Nicole Keller, via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Notes
2024-04-16 - Submitted by Sam Wessel with stoplist:
According to past OHS entries and the builder's website, the organ was an 1881 (1882 and 1888 are also seen in OHS entries) that was moved when the present church was built and incorporated into a larger, new Wangerin organ in 1913. Peters, Weiland, and Company made some tonal modifications and releathered the organ in 1997. Then Nolte Organ Building fully rebuilt and expanded the organ in 2016-17, including new pitman chests for the great division which had failed. The organ sits in the gallery, with the great to the right of the back window, and the swell and pedal to the left, with a detached console in the center near the balcony railing. Facade pipes are painted gold and it is likely that some are decorative and non-speaking. Unsure of couplers, website says "all normal couplers," MIDI, and a swell tremulant are available. -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist
According to past OHS entries and the builder's website, the organ was an 1881 (1882 and 1888 are also seen in OHS entries) that was moved when the present church was built and incorporated into a larger, new Wangerin organ in 1913. Peters, Weiland, and Company made some tonal modifications and releathered the organ in 1997. Then Nolte Organ Building fully rebuilt and expanded the organ in 2016-17, including new pitman chests for the great division which had failed. The organ sits in the gallery, with the great to the right of the back window, and the swell and pedal to the left, with a detached console in the center near the balcony railing. Facade pipes are painted gold and it is likely that some are decorative and non-speaking. Unsure of couplers, website says "all normal couplers," MIDI, and a swell tremulant are available. Source: From Builder's website 2016
Great (New pitman chests for great in 2016) First Open Diapason 8 (1913 Wangerin Pipes), Doppelflote 8 (1913 Wangerin Pipes), Gamba 8 (1881 Schuelke Pipes), Second Open Diapason 8 (1881 Schuelke Pipes), Octave 4 (2016 Nolte Pipes), Melodia 8 (1881 Schuelke Pipes), Rohrflute 4 (1881 Schuelke Pipes), Fifteenth 2 (1997 Peters, Weiland, & Co. Pipes (replaced 1913 Wangerin Dulciana)), Quint 2 2/3 (2016 Nolte Pipes), Mixture IV (2016 Nolte Pipes), Flute 2 (2016 Nolte Pipes), Trumpet 8 (1913 Wangerin Pipes), Chimes (Added by Nolte in 2016), Oboe 8 (from Swell), Zimbelsoone (Added by Nolte in 2016. It is called a Zimbelsoone, rather than a Zymbelstern, because a carved "sun" painted gold rotates on the altar when activated, rather than the usual "star.")
Swell Bourdon 16 (1881 Schuelke Pipes), Salicional 8 (1881 Schuelke Pipes), Violin Diapason 8 (1881 Schuelke Pipes), Stopped Flute 8 (1881 Schuelke Pipes), Octave 4 (1881 Schuelke pipes. It was the Great 4' Octave from 1913-2015, moved to Swell by Nolte in 2016. ), Voix Celeste 8 (1913 Wangerin Pipes), Harmonic Flute 4 (OHS Entry for the 1913 Wangerin says this was a 1881 Schuelke rank (Flauto Traverso) that was replaced by a Vox Humana at an unknown time, then changed back to a flute by Peters, Weiland, & Co. in 1997. ), Nasard 2 2/3 (2016 Nolte pipes), Flute 2 (Not in 1881 or 1913 Specification. Nolte's website says it was not a new rank in 2016. Perhaps Peters, Weiland, and Co. added in 1997, but there is no information on when this rank was added. ), Mixture III (2016 Nolte Pipes (replaced an 1881 Dolce Cornet). ), Tierce 1 3/5 (2016 Nolte pipes), Oboe 8 (1913 Wangerin Pipes), Cornopean 8 (1913 Wangerin Pipes), Chimes (Added by Nolte 2016)
Pedal Open Diapason 16 (Wood; 1881 Schuelke pipes), Subbass 16 (1913 Wangerin Pipes), Lieblich Gedeckt 16 (1913 stoplist says it's from the swell 16' Bourdon, no known modifications since then), Bassflute 8 (Unsure if it is borrowed, independent, or an extension of Subbass or another rank. Rank count suggest independent), Violincello 8 (1881 Schuelke pipes (originally called "Violoncello")), Octave 4 (1997 Peters, Weiland, & Co. pipes), Posaune 16 (2016 Nolte pipes), Posaune 8 (2016 Nolte pipes), Bassoon 16 (1913 Wangerin Pipes), Oboe Clarion 4 (1913 Wangerin pipes)
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