Schuelke Organ Company

William Schuelke (born April 13, 1849 in Konitz, West Prussia as Wilhelm Schülke; died 1902) was a Prussian immigrant who came to the United States in 1866.

[1] Schuelke's contributions to organ building included inventing the electric motor powered bellows crank, for which he received a patent.

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.

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.