Schuelke Organ Company
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The Schuelke Organ Company was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin based pipe organ builder. Schuelke Organs operated in the later 19th and early 20th centuries.
William Schuelke was a Prussian immigrant who came to the United States in 1874. Schuelke's contributions to organ building included inventing the electric motor powered bellows crank, for which he received a patent. This was a major improvement over existing hand-cranked bellows.
The Schuelke Organ Company ceased operations in the early 20th century. Today, few of the organs his company produced exist intact. One such instrument is at Saint Boniface Church, New Vienna, Iowa. The pipe organ at this church has remained intact and, except for an electric blower, has remained basically unaltered.
[edit] Locations with a Schuelke Organ
- Saint Boniface Church, New Vienna, Iowa.
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Columbus, Ohio.
