Historic St Boniface Catholic Church

Pioneer Village
Hastings, MN
The congregation built a new building in 1995 and the historic church was moved to the Pioneer Village

Builder: Wm. Schuelke, 1896, Opus 127
Manuals: 2
Ranks: 9
Action: Mechanical


Notes: Original 1895/96 organ was electrified by Ernest Vogelpohl (Wicks representative) of New Ulm in 1943. By 1970 the Wicks components were no longer reliable and an Allen was purchased and dedicated in 1973. The historic church was moved in 1995. The old organ was removed in about 1972 and sold for parts.
--Information from Mark Kieffer via a newspaper story from 1943 and conversation with Chuck Lenz who grew up in this church.
-- Original stoplist from Schuelke shop notes transcribed by Ryan Mueller, 2023

Original stoplist per shop notes
GREAT 58 notes
8' Open Diapason
8' Melodia
8' Dulciana
4' Principal
2' Fifteenth

SWELL 58 notes
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Salicional
4' Flute Harmonique

PEDAL 27 notes
16' Bourdon

Swell to Great; Swell to Pedal, Great to Pedal

Reconstructed original stoplist 1895
GREAT
16' Bourdon
8' Open Diapason
8' Melodia
8' Dulciana
4' Octave
2.2/3' Twelfth
2' Fifteenth

SWELL
8' Violin Diapason
8' Salicional
8' Stopped Diapason
4' Fugara
4' Flute d'Amore

PEDAL
16' Subbass
8' Violincello

Stoplist as electrified by Vogelpohl 1943
GREAT
16' Bourdon
8' Open Diapason
8' Gamba
8' Flute
4' Octave
4' Flute
2' Super Principal
Sw/Gt 16, 8, 4
Gt/Gt 16, 4

SWELL
8' Geigen Principal
8' Salicional
8' Aeoline
4' Fugara
4' Flute
Sw/Sw 16, 4

PEDAL
16' Bourdon
16' Lieblich
Sw/Pd 8
Gt/Pd 8