Pipework of the Schuelke Organ at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, Ashland, Wisconsin. The organ was installed in 1904 and remains mostly original.

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.

A yearly free organ recital is held at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Milwaukee on the first Sunday of November to showcase its 1885 Schuelke pipe organ.

Locations with a Schuelke organ

• Bethany Lutheran Church, Ishpeming, Michigan
• Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Mecan, Wisconsin
• First Lutheran Church, Middleton, Wisconsin
• First Presbyterian Church, Leadville, Colorado
• First Presbyterian Church, Waunakee, Wisconsin
• John Paul II Roman Catholic Church, Carroll, Iowa
• Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, Ashland, Wisconsin
• Ozaukee Congregational Church, Grafton, Wisconsin
• Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Saint Anthony of Padua Church, St. Louis, Missouri
• Saint Boniface Church New Vienna, Iowa
• Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Columbus, Ohio
• Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Remsen, Iowa
• Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin destroyed by fire, May 15, 2018
• First Baptist Church, Vermillion, South Dakota

External links

• "Schuelke organs in the Organ Historical Society Database".
• "Recording and program of an event on the New Vienna organ".
• "Schuelke Organ at St. Mary's, Remsen Iowa, rebuilt by Dobson Organ Co".