Better Pipe Organ Database

Charles F. Durner (1901)

St. Luke's Lutheran Church (Keelor's Union): In the church, rear of upper gallery
3206 Big Rd
Obelisk (Zieglersville), PA

Images

2019 - Building exterior and graveyard (Photograph from an archival source: Jim Christman, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2020-12-19 - 1970 nameplate and wind indicator (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2020-12-19 - Original nameplate (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2020-12-19 - Right jamb (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2020-12-19 - Left jamb (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2020-12-19 - Iron Swell shoe and pedal movements (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2020-12-19 - Console details, pedal movement labels (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2020-12-19 - Keydesk (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2020-12-19 - Organ case and facade (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2020-12-19 - Organ in gallery and nave (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
13 stops
18 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1976. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Dieffenbuch lists this as 1917. Church now known as St. Luke's Lutheran. Rebuild c. 1970 by Brantley Duddy. Speller shows it as St Matthew's (Keller's) Lutheran 1917. -Database Manager

2009-08-27 - Updated through on-line information from Lisa Kirkhoff. -Database Manager

2009-08-29 - Updated through on-line information from Lisa Kirkhoff. -- Organ is still in use for services. Technical information was provided by Audrey Reinhart. Thank you, Lisa Kirkhoff -Database Manager

2020-12-28 - The Pedal Octave 4' appears to be from the 1970 rebuild, as does the dual pressure for the Pedal Bourdon (currently not working). The Pedal Gemshorn sounds like it was originally designated as Cello. It is unclear if the Fifteenth is original or was added. -Paul R. Marchesano

2020-12-28 - The indication of the church and organ as St Matthew's (Keller) and a date of 1917 have been shown to be spurioius. -Paul R. Marchesano

2020-12-28 - The location of the church has been a source of confusion in the past due to the fact that historically it has been listed in at least three [town] names. It is in the countryside at an intersection with a modern postal delivery address from the nearest post office (Zieglersville), although it is not actually in the village of Zieglersville. It has been variously identified as Obelisk, Collegeville, or Zieglersville, Pennsylvania. There has also been confusion of its name with Zion Lutheran Church. From the church history web page: "St. Luke’s Lutheran Church was established in 1833 as “Peace in Zion Church,” also referred to as Keelor’s Union Church. The cornerstone was laid on September 28, 1833, on 3 acres of land that was donated by local residents...The church was originally organized to serve two distinct congregations– a German Reformed and a Lutheran Congregation, each with it’s own pastor and church officials. Each congregation held their worship services on alternating Sundays, with Sunday School classes combined each week to include both congregations. In 1967 the Peace in Zion UCC separated from St. Luke’s, constructing a new church in nearby Zieglerville." -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: Taken from console

Charles F. Durner (1901)
St. Luke's Lutheran Church (Keelor's Union)
Obelisk (Zieglersville), PA

Rebuilt Brantley A. Duddy (1970)
[Stop Names as currently engraved]

GREAT
8' Principal
8' Bourdon
8' Dulciana
4' Octave
2' Fifeteenth
   Chimes

SWELL
8' Viola
8' Hohl Flute
4' Principal
2' Block Flute
Tremolo

PEDAL
16' Bourdon
16' Lieblich Gredeckt [dual pressure]
 8' Gemshorn
 4' Octave

COUPLERS and Movements
Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal

Hitch down pedal movements:
Reversible Coupler
Piano Great Organ
Forte Great Organ

The Pedal Octave 4' appears to be from the 1970 rebuild, as does the dual pressure for the Pedal Bourdon (currently not working). The Pedal Gemshorn sounds like it was originally designated as Cello. It is unclear if the Fifteenth is original or was added.