A three-manual, 30 voice Schoenstein organ is in production for the new Our Lady of Belen Chapel now under construction on the 33-acre campus of The Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami, Florida. The school was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabella II of Spain. In 1961, the communist regime confiscated the […]
A new three-manual, 27-voice, 32-rank organ under construction at the Schoenstein & Co. factory is to be installed at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Waco, Texas as part of a major campus-wide expansion and renovation of this rapidly growing parish. The main organ is in a north chancel chamber. Unenclosed stops for congregational support and […]
Schoenstein & Co. is building a new three-manual, 14-voice, 16-rank organ for Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement Community in Charleston, South Carolina. It is in the symphonic style with Great and Swell enclosed and high pressure stops doubly enclosed within the Swell. The third manual borrows solo and ensemble stops from the Great and Swell. The […]
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 & 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Schoenstein & Co. held an Open House celebrating the completion of two new organs for Fordham University in New York City. The event drew an estimated 200 visitors including 21 members of the Schoenstein family representing the fourth, fifth and sixth generations. The group included the eldest Schoenstein organ builder, Bertram age 95, shown front […]