Wangerin Organ Company

The Wangerin Organ Company was a manufacturer of pipe organs based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was also known as the Wangerin-Werchardt and Wangerin-Weichardt company. Many of their organs are still being played in churches today.

During the theater organ boom in the latter 1920’s, the Barton Organ Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin could not keep up with the production demand. The Wangerin factory stepped in to assist Barton and provided space as a second manufacturing facility during these years.

Other Milwaukee pipe organ builders included the Schuelke Organ Company, Verlinden, and Besch.

Wangerin organ locations

* Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Dubuque, Iowa.
* Saint Martin's Catholic Church, Cascade, Iowa. This organ was originally in Saint Mary's Catholic Church, also in Cascade. It is currently being refurbished and reinstalled at St. Martin's Church as St. Mary's was closed.
* St. Stephen Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.