Salem Reformed Church
8361 Lancaster Avenue
Bethel [was Millersburg], PA
OHS convention: 2003
Images
2002-05-01 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case (Photograph courtesy of William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2002-05-01 - Console (Photograph courtesy of William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2002-05-01 - Organ Case (Photograph courtesy of William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2010-09-19 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Adam F. Dieffenbach/Database Manager)
2010-09-19 - Organ case and keydesk (Photograph by Adam F. Dieffenbach/Database Manager)
2010-09-19 - Pedalboard (Photograph by Adam F. Dieffenbach/Database Manager)
2010-09-19 - Right stop jamb and stopknobs (Photograph by Adam F. Dieffenbach/Database Manager)
2010-09-19 - Left stop jamb and stopknobs (Photograph by Adam F. Dieffenbach/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Detached, Reversed Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
- 1 manuals
- 9 stops
- 9 registers
- 2 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 54 notes
- Pedal compass: 13 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
- Combination action: None
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1990 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Compass 54/13. Detached, reversed console. Repaired by James Baird in 1971. Unused c. 1990. -Database Manager
2014-10-24 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- An article on BerksMontNews.com October 13 refers to a benefit recital (on another Dieffenbach organ) to restore the organ in Bethel. Mentions that organ was playable as late as 2011, but as of 2014 it is not playable. -Database Manager
2016-06-12 - Updated through online information from Adam Dieffenbach. <br>Electric blower added in the 1970s, instrument is mechanically original to 1872 as of 2016. -Database Manager
2016-09-26 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Salem Reformed, Bethel (was Millersburg), PA
1872 Thomas Dieffenbach
(Stoplist: RJB 124)
Manual:
Open Diapason 8' (54, 10 stopped wood basses, next 9 in façade)
Dulcianna (sic) 8' (42, bottom octave shared with Flute)
Flute 8' (54, open wood with 12 stopped basses)
Stop Diapason 8' (54, stopped wood)
Principal 4' (54, D to B in façade)
Flute 4' (54, open wood)
Stop Diapason 4' (54)
Fifteenth 2' (54, open metal)
Pedal:
Violoncello* (13)
Couple
*Incorrect later stop label. Knob controls the Pedal Sub Bass 16'
The case and detached, reversed console with its wide scale "toe" pedal board distinguish
this instrument. The pedal board is composed of thirteen blocks of wood protruding through
the floor.
The Open Diapason has ten stopped wood basses with the next nine open pipes displayed in
the case. The Dulcianna is grooved for its bottom octave to the Flute 8' which is open but
for twelve stopped basses. The Principal has C and CB inside with D to B displayed in the
case. The Flute 4' is open wood. The arrangement of pipes on the chest is in major thirds.
The organ was restored by James Baird in 1971, no longer used ca. 1990.
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