I've heard this organ in person numerous times. Sacred Heart was my grandma's parish church. My mom and her siblings all went to Sacred Heart growing up and went to school there. My mom and dad were married at that church.
Nicely done!!! BEAUTIFUL sounds from the restored Schuelke as shown by Andrew's playing of 'Elevation' by Arthur Willis!!! Thanks so much to both of you for sharing...🙂👍
Wangerin seems to be an underrated builder in American organbuilding history. Here in Detroit, we have a spectacular 1914 4-manual Wangerin-Weickhardt organ at Fort Street Presbyterian Church. While it had a somewhat sluggish tubular pneumatic action that needed electrification, its stoplist and voicing are wonderful in the 19th and early 20th century romantic tradition (some of the pipework was retained from an earlier Odell). It contrasts with the famous Skinners (Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian, First Unitarian-Universalist (built nearly the same time as Fort Street Pres. and the oldest extant and playable 4-manual Skinner today), Trinity Lutheran, and Masonic Temple) and the numerous Casavants from that era. The changes made by Moller and McManis were minimal.
Nice touch showing the blower room! As a technician I always like to survey the blower as to get an idea of what is providing the actual wind power to the instrument.
Thanks for the video. A request: please try and do more of these with the organist/curator of the church. They bring so much to the videos with a personal knowledge of the instrument
Wangerin rebuilt a Schuelke for St. Marcus in Milwaukee in 1913, adding a bigger First Open Diapason and keeping the original as the Second Open Diapason, which allegedly still has original stenciled paint on it if you know where to look back in the case. That organ might have other clues as to what Wangerin was doing to existing Schuelkes and it can be found on the OHS database.
That clarinet sounds more like a classical French cromorne. It might not be the smooth, imitative clarinet we expect, but it's still a useful tone to have!
It would be interesting to know if the Schuelke pipework was indeed made in the Schuelke factory or if it is Gottfried or Pierce pipework. According to Ryan Mueller, if Schuelke was asked to provide a more competitive bid, he would outsource the pipework to one of the aforementioned pipe makers. Our 1907 Schuelke/1947 Wicks here in Sleepy Eye has Gottfried pipework and is signed as such on the backs of the low C pipe in each metal rank.
If you go to Milwaukee, you should try and arrange to see the Schuelke at St Francis of Assisi. It is incredibly Germanic with cone chests and wooden string ranks. The organ is divided by a window with a free standing console and has pneumatic levers for all actions.
We've actually been there, but that was one of the organs that suffered from a hard drive failure. We have plans to return before the OHS convention this year.
I've seen 1920s Casavant rebuilds of Victorian organs where they kept the flue ranks intact but replaced all the reeds. Perhaps something similar happened here?
Beautiful sound and room! What does the nameplate read? Can't quite make it out. Also, Schuelke never built a 3 manual organ, so what was done and what ranks were moved to make the 3rd manual?
@@OrganMediaFoundation oh. I guess that was the tuning sleeves on top of the facade pipes. The silver looked blue in the video, and the golden color of the tuning sleeves made them look like the reverse side of the pipes were painted.
As to the Quintadena, straight away I guessed it was old pipework. From the second half of the 19th Century on, German organ builders out quintadenas in their organs. I found that Schuelke was from Prussia, but I wasn't able to find out if Wangerin was an immigrate so I don't know if he learned his trade in Milwaukee or in Germany.
Wangerin's first name was Adolph. He was born in Milwaukee in 1873 as the son of German immigrants. Wangerin's background is woodworking and furniture building. It wasn't until 1912 that he and George Weickhardt, a supervisor for Schuelke's organ company, that they founded the firm, Wangerin and Weickhardt. Hann was added later. Anyway, Weickhardt passed away in 1919, and Wangerin kept Weickhardt's name, and added Hann around the 1920's. The firm was in operation until WWII. So, Wangerin likely learned his trade in Milwaukee.
I've heard this organ in person numerous times. Sacred Heart was my grandma's parish church. My mom and her siblings all went to Sacred Heart growing up and went to school there. My mom and dad were married at that church.
Nicely done!!! BEAUTIFUL sounds from the restored Schuelke as shown by Andrew's playing of 'Elevation' by Arthur Willis!!! Thanks so much to both of you for sharing...🙂👍
What a marvellous early 20th century organ!!
Beautiful instrument, and lovely sounding too!
Wangerin seems to be an underrated builder in American organbuilding history. Here in Detroit, we have a spectacular 1914 4-manual Wangerin-Weickhardt organ at Fort Street Presbyterian Church. While it had a somewhat sluggish tubular pneumatic action that needed electrification, its stoplist and voicing are wonderful in the 19th and early 20th century romantic tradition (some of the pipework was retained from an earlier Odell). It contrasts with the famous Skinners (Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian, First Unitarian-Universalist (built nearly the same time as Fort Street Pres. and the oldest extant and playable 4-manual Skinner today), Trinity Lutheran, and Masonic Temple) and the numerous Casavants from that era. The changes made by Moller and McManis were minimal.
Nice touch showing the blower room! As a technician I always like to survey the blower as to get an idea of what is providing the actual wind power to the instrument.
Gotta love a Century induction repulsion motor!
Thanks for sharing the organ
Thanks for the video. A request: please try and do more of these with the organist/curator of the church. They bring so much to the videos with a personal knowledge of the instrument
Nice job, as usual, gents!!
Gorgeous instrument
Nice organ
Wangerin rebuilt a Schuelke for St. Marcus in Milwaukee in 1913, adding a bigger First Open Diapason and keeping the original as the Second Open Diapason, which allegedly still has original stenciled paint on it if you know where to look back in the case. That organ might have other clues as to what Wangerin was doing to existing Schuelkes and it can be found on the OHS database.
That clarinet sounds more like a classical French cromorne. It might not be the smooth, imitative clarinet we expect, but it's still a useful tone to have!
It would be interesting to know if the Schuelke pipework was indeed made in the Schuelke factory or if it is Gottfried or Pierce pipework. According to Ryan Mueller, if Schuelke was asked to provide a more competitive bid, he would outsource the pipework to one of the aforementioned pipe makers. Our 1907 Schuelke/1947 Wicks here in Sleepy Eye has Gottfried pipework and is signed as such on the backs of the low C pipe in each metal rank.
I do believe that Schuelke made his own pipes
If you go to Milwaukee, you should try and arrange to see the Schuelke at St Francis of Assisi. It is incredibly Germanic with cone chests and wooden string ranks. The organ is divided by a window with a free standing console and has pneumatic levers for all actions.
We've actually been there, but that was one of the organs that suffered from a hard drive failure. We have plans to return before the OHS convention this year.
Has the great mixture two or three ranks ? (the database mentions 3). Particularly interesting organ.
I've seen 1920s Casavant rebuilds of Victorian organs where they kept the flue ranks intact but replaced all the reeds. Perhaps something similar happened here?
Beautiful sound and room! What does the nameplate read? Can't quite make it out. Also, Schuelke never built a 3 manual organ, so what was done and what ranks were moved to make the 3rd manual?
Considering that the rebuild was in 1922, perhaps it reads Wangerin-Weickhardt?
Listening to the intro there and expecting Whoopi Goldberg and a chorus of inner-city nuns to start singing...
What piece was Andrew playing during the chamber tour?
Elevation by Arthur Wills
@@andrewschaeffer6389Thanks!
Who was the local builder who made changes in the 80s?
The backs of the facade pipes are painted like the ones you found in the back, aren’t they?
The facade pipes did not show any evidence of having been painted with anything but their current gold color.
@@OrganMediaFoundation oh. I guess that was the tuning sleeves on top of the facade pipes. The silver looked blue in the video, and the golden color of the tuning sleeves made them look like the reverse side of the pipes were painted.
I don't believe that Wangerin built their own reeds, but rather purchased them from Dennison, or National.
Big old / new organ.
As to the Quintadena, straight away I guessed it was old pipework.
From the second half of the 19th Century on, German organ builders out quintadenas in their organs.
I found that Schuelke was from Prussia, but I wasn't able to find out if Wangerin was an immigrate so I don't know if he learned his trade in Milwaukee or in Germany.
Meant to type 'put', not 'out'. (damn keypad is too small!)
Wangerin's first name was Adolph. He was born in Milwaukee in 1873 as the son of German immigrants. Wangerin's background is woodworking and furniture building. It wasn't until 1912 that he and George Weickhardt, a supervisor for Schuelke's organ company, that they founded the firm, Wangerin and Weickhardt. Hann was added later. Anyway, Weickhardt passed away in 1919, and Wangerin kept Weickhardt's name, and added Hann around the 1920's. The firm was in operation until WWII. So, Wangerin likely learned his trade in Milwaukee.
You put a trem on that Swell Stopped Diapason and you'd have a nice Tibia.
I agree with the organist on the clarinet. Not a pretty clarinet. My dad played clarinet!
Why don't you show pictures of the console and organ. Not interested in pictures of you two guys.