Chris Feiereisen (Pipe Organ Service)
2007

Updated through online information from Rodney J. Weed. -- The following is from an email received 7/8/14 from Paul Thelen, the current Director of Liturgy and Music at Holy Family Catholic Community, "The organ was moved to Holy Family Church in October of 2007. The church opened and was dedicated in December of 2007. The exposed external mixture pipes originally were located on the left and right sides of the center swell and great boxes. The case was split in two and the exposed pipes were moved to the center of the organ. Additional façade pipes were installed to hide the 8' gap in the middle. Chris Feiereisen and John Meyer supervised the move. More than a dozen volunteers from Holy Family parish did the physical moving."

Altered and relocated existing organ.
Identified by Rodney J. Weed, based on personal knowledge of the organ.
-- This organ was originally built for St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin by the Verlinden Organ Company of Milwaukee. It was probably originally installed in the first half of the 20th Century. Some where along the line Chris Feiereisen worked on it adding Peterson MIDI control, transposer and multiple memory levels to the combination action. When St. Joseph Church was closed in Fond du Lac and became part of a large new city wide parish of Holy Family, the organ was moved to the newly built (2000) Holy Family Church building on the Eastern edge of Fond du Lac. It is very impressive looking as it sits high above the main altar area of the church. The new Holy Family Church building is much larger than the old St. Joseph Church building. When the organ was moved it was not revoiced for the larger space. There are problems with the blowers and the organ now sounds very out of tune and weak.