Old Salem Lutheran Church: Chapel/Original 1760 church
119 N 8th Street
Lebanon, PA
OHS convention: 1976
Images
2002-05-01 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2002-05-01 - Sanctuary Interior and Organ Case (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2002-05-01 - Console (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2002-05-01 - Left Drawknobs (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2002-05-01 - Right Drawknobs (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2002-05-01 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2008-12-15 - Church exterior; postcard image (Digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2008-12-15 - Church interior; postcard image (Digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2008-09-09 - Organ from beneath left gallery (Digital photo by Liz Stettner/Database Manager)
2008-09-09 - Front of church (Digital photo by Liz Stettner/Database Manager)
2008-09-09 - Organ case (Digital photo by Liz Stettner/Database Manager)
2008-09-09 - Keydesk, pedals and facade (Digital photo by Liz Stettner/Database Manager)
2008-09-09 - Keydesk and pedals (Digital photo by Liz Stettner/Database Manager)
2008-09-09 - Keydesk (Digital photo by Liz Stettner/Database Manager)
2008-09-09 - Left stopjamb (Digital photo by Liz Stettner/Database Manager)
2008-09-09 - Right stopjamb (Digital photo by Liz Stettner/Database Manager)
2008-09-09 - Pedalboard, expression pedals, combination trundles (Digital photo by Liz Stettner/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 3 manuals
- 27 stops
- 27 registers
- 4 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 combination toe pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1997 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Cost $3,300. Restored by Andover 1973. Repairs 1997 by R. J. Brunner after ceiling plaster fell into it. -Database Manager
2008-09-03 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Organ dedicated August 5, 1888 with services in both German and English. Dedicatory recitalist was Prof. D.D. Wood, who was organist at St. Stephen's Church in Philadelphia. The organ is in the front left corner of the sanctuary with facades on both the chancel and sanctuary sides. The console is attached to the sanctuary side of the case. Source: 1976 OHS Organ Handbook. -Database Manager
2015-02-02 - Updated through online information from glennarnold. -- I have bought an organ built in 1873 by abraham H miller and am having it installed in my house. -Database Manager
2015-02-19 - Updated through online information from Evan Brickner. -Database Manager
2015-02-19 - Updated through online information from Evan Brickner. -Database Manager
2016-09-03 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist taken from the 1976 OHS Convention Handbook and photos of the stopjambs Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church - "Old Salem"
MILLER ORGAN CO., 1888 - Original Specifications
GREAT SWELL (Expressive)
Gr. 16 ft. Double Open 58 Sw. 16 ft. Lieb. Gedackt 58
Gr. 8 ft. Open Diap. 58 Sw. 8 ft. Open Diap. 58
Gr. 8 ft. Gamba 58 Sw. 8 ft. Viola 58
Gr. 8 ft. Doppel Flute 58 Sw. 8 ft. St. Diap. 58
Gr. 4 ft. Octave 58 Sw. 4 ft. Fugara 58
Gr. 2-2/3 ft. Twelfth 58 Sw. 4 ft. Flauto Traverso 58
Gr. 2 ft. Fifteenth 58 Sw. 2 ft. Flautina 58
Gr. 3 Ranks Mixture 174 Sw. 3 Ranks Dolce Cornet 174
Gr. 8 ft. Trumpet 58 8 ft. Bassoon Oboe 58
CHOIR (Expressive)
Ch. 8 ft. Geigen Principal 58 PEDAL
Ch. 8 ft. Melodia 58 Ped. 16 ft. Double Open 27
Ch. 8 ft. Dulciana 58 Ped. 16 ft. Bourdon 27
Ch. 4 ft. Flute d'Amour 58 Ped. 8 ft. Violoncello 27
Ch. 2 ft. Piccolo 58
Ch. 8 ft. Clarionet 58 Pedal Check
Tremolo
COUPLERS (Drawknob) FOOT LEVERS
Coupler Sw. to Ped. Great Piano -
Coupler Gr. to Ped.
Coupler Ch. to Ped. Great Mezzo -
Coupler Sw. to Gr. Great Forte -
Coupler Ch. to Gr.
Swell Piano -
Coupler Sw. to Ch.
Swell Forte -
PEDAL MOVEMENTS Gr. to Ped. (rev)
Swell Expression (bal.)
Choir Expression (bal.)
ACCESSORIES
Bellows Signal
ACTION: Mech. Key VOICES: 27 STOPS: 27 RANKS: 31 PIPES: 1,705
& Stop
NOTES
The 1976 OHS Convention Handbook notes read, “Salem's first pipe organ was a two manual
instrument of right stops built by Bachman of the Moravian Community of Lititz, PA. It
was installed in 1808, rebuilt in 1861. In 1885 the congregation voted to secure a new
pipe organ. Seven bids were received and the Miller Pipe Organ Co. of Lebanon was chosen
to construct a three manual tracker organ at the bid price of $3,300.00. Cost of the
organ was to be met by popular subscription and the goal was over-subscribed. Completed
in 1888, the organ was dedicated on August 5 of that year with appropriate service in
both English and German. The Dedicatory Recital was played by Professor D.D. Wood of St.
Stephen's Church, Philadelphia on August 2, 1888.
The organ was restored in 1973-74 by the Andover organ Co. of Methuen, Massachusetts.
For additional information see THE TRACKER, Vol. 20, #3.”
In 1898, a new church edifice was constructed, but the old church – called 'Old Salem'
remained standing with its prized organ. The new church installed a Skinner in 1928.
Sources: OHS 1976 Convention Handbook; extant organ
[Received from James R. Stettner 2016-08-21.]
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