Better Pipe Organ Database

Samuel Bohler (1870ca.)

Belleman's Salem Union
3540 Bellemans Church Road
Mohrsville (near Centerport), PA

OHS convention: 2003

Images

2002-05-01 - Sanctuary Interior, Balconies, and Organ Case (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2002-05-01 - Balcony and Organ Case (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2002-05-01 - Church Exterior (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2002-05-01 - Field and Church Exterior (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2002-05-01 - Keydesk (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2002-05-01 - Pedal Chest (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
1 manuals
9 stops
2 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 54 notes
Pedal compass: 13 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Builder's Nameplate: Possibly Samuel Bohler? -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1990 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Metal pipework made by Peter Schenkel. Compass 54/13. [OH 1976:40 attributes this, incorrectly, to Joel Kantner.] -Database Manager

2012-07-05 - Updated through online information from Raymond Brunner. -- The organ is unrestored other than replacement of the bellows leather by church members c1960. It is in its original location and is used occasionally. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: 2003 OHS Handbook

Manual (54 notes, CC-f3) Open Diapason [t.f] 8, Clarabella [t.f] 8, Dulciana [t.f] 8, St. Diapason tr. [t.f] 8, St. Diapason bass [CC-t.e] 8, Principal 4, Twelfth 2⅔, Fifteenth 2

Pedal (13 notes, CC-c0) Ped. Bass 16, Pedal Couple [sic]

There are errors in this stoplist. See other detailed entry from 2003 OHS Handbook. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Old Belleman's Church, Centerport (Mohrsville), PA
c. 1870 Samuel Bohler
(Stoplist: RJB 191; OHS 1960 convention handout)

Manual 54 notes 
Open Diapason 8' (47 pipes)
St. Diapason tr. 8' (37 pipes) 
St. Diapason Bass  8' (17 pipes)
Clarabell 8' (37 pipes)
Dulciana 8' (37 pipes)
Principal 4' (54 pipes)
Twelfth 2' (54 pipes)
Fi~teenth 2' (54 pipes)

Pedal 13 notes 
Ped. Bass 16' (13 pipes)
Pedal Couple

Pedal pipes are offset from either side of reservoir; pedal 
stickers go directly into reservoir, thence to wind chests 
at each end of the reservoir.