Schoenstein News & Events
Montgomery Schoenstein
Schoenstein & Co. is building a new three-manual, 34-voice, 42-rank organ for the First United Methodist Church of Montgomery, Alabama. The main organ is in lofty chambers on either side of the chancel. The Antiphonal division is at the north and south corners of the balcony. The Swell division will include the Schoenstein double expression […]
Schoenstein Open House Welcomes Bostonians
Schoenstein & Co., Benicia, CA, welcomed 150 guests for a factory Open House in celebration of the three-manual, 32-rank organ for Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Among those hearing the organ for the first time were Music Director Michael Murray and members of the Parish with friends from Chestnut Hill, which is a […]
New Schoenstein Website
Benicia, CA – Schoenstein & Co. has announced a new website, easy to navigate and fully responsive for mobile devices and tablets. Many new features have been added including an opus list with immediate access to any stop list. The instruments are sorted by state, name and denomination of client, number of voices (stops) and […]
Schoenstein’s Visit Ancestral Home
Villingen, an historic and charming walled city near Baden-Baden in Germany’s beautiful Black Forest, was the home of the original Schoenstein firm where Felix F. Schoenstein learned the trade from his family before emigrating to America to establish Schoenstein & Co.. Ed Schoenstein, grandson of Felix, and his wife Patricia visited Villingen to meet family […]
Symphonic Schoenstein to Atlanta
Schoenstein & Co. is building an organ of two-manuals, 14-voices, 16-ranks for Mikell Chapel at the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta. The organ, which replaces an electronic instrument, is in the symphonic style and includes a double expressive division within the Swell. In the E.M. Skinner tradition, a comprehensive Swell division is duplexed onto […]
Schoenstein Featured in Grammy Award Recording
The Nashville Symphony’s recording of works by composer Stephen Paulus earned a GRAMMY® for Best Classical Compendium at the 58th annual awards ceremony, February 15th. Maestro Giancarlo Guerrero is conductor and Nathan Laube is organ soloist for the three movement Grand Concerto for organ and orchestra. Schoenstein president, Jack Bethards, credits American Guild of Organists […]