2009-08-06 - This picture was taken before the restoration, when the organ was painted white (Photograph by Gary Beaver/Database Manager)
2011-10-02 - Case work and facade pipes (Photograph by Gary Beaver/Database Manager)
2004-10-30 - Rebuilt by Samuel Bohler 1894 (for current 1896 bldg?), with new keydesk, winding system, and roller board,, removing Terz & Mixture (1-8). Rebuilt by Joseph Chapline 1971, 1-9, with new Terz and Mixture, reconstructed keydesk (similar to original). Case of walnut and in its original state until at least the third quarter of the 19th century. Church also bought a Conn electronic in 1957. -Database Manager
2012-03-17 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- Restored by R. J. Brunner & Co. in 2010-11. Rededicated in church Sunday, October 2, 2011. Rededication recital given by Philip T.D. Cooper. -Database Manager
2012-03-28 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager
2012-04-18 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- Timeline of organ's history summarized from "The Diapason, April 2012, Vol. 103, No. 4," Installed by Tannenberg in 1770 in stone Zion Lutheran Church building, located in small gallery; rebuilt and moved by Samuel Bohler of Reading, PA to replacement brick structure in 1894 (Bohler replaced original Bellows with internal winding system, replaced keydesk and keyboard, altered the stop action, removed Terz & Mixtur, and added 2 new unison-pitched stops); in 2010 R.J. Brunner & Co. was selected to undertake a historic restoration, during which the missing stops were replaced and the original (or authentic) winding system reconstructed. An electric blower was added to provide an alternate source of wind. The 1770 Tannenberg in Zion Lutheran, Moselem Springs, is the oldest extant Tannenberg organ, and may be the oldest surviving organ in the American colonies. It is also the only surviving example of a Tannenberg organ with a walnut case (although the case was subsequently painted several times, it was returned to a natural walnut finish in the 2010 restoration). -Database Manager
2021-07-01 - The 8' flute on this organ consists of 12 stopped notes for the lowest octave but the remainder 39 pipes are all open wood. It is not a Gedackt stop, -Philip T. D. Cooper
"David Tannenberg, Organbuilder" website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Zion Lutheran Church Moselem Springs, Pennsylvania David Tannenberg, 1770 OHS ID 1636 MANUAL 8 Principal 12 stopped wood pipes; 39 metal pipes, 19 in facade 8 Flaut Major 12 stopped, 39 open wood pipes 4 Principal Octav 2 open wood bases, 49 metal pipes, 10 in facade 4 Flaut Minor open wood pipes 3 Quinte 51 metal pipes 2 Sub Octav 51 metal pipes 1-3/5 Terz 51 metal pipes Mixtur* 102 metal pipes *Mixtur pitches are 1-1/3 and 1, breaking once to 4 and 2-2/3 at middle C. Wind pressure: 2-1/2 inches (56mm) [Received from T. Daniel Hancock 2012-03-17.] [Updated by T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-04-16, from information published in The Diapason, April 2012, Vol. 103, No. 4]
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