Schuelke Organ Company

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
 * Fourteen Holy Helpers Church, West Seneca, (Gardenville), New York