German Reformed (Old Salem) Church (1822) / Salem United Church of Christ: Sanctuary; front
231 Chestnut Street
Harrisburg, PA
Images
2022-07-20 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-20 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-20 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-20 - Church interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2025 - Console (Stephen Regec - For Piping Up From Pedal to Pipe/Stephen Regec - For Piping Up From Pedal to Pipe)
2025 - Chimes (Stephen Regec - For Piping Up From Pedal to Pipe/Stephen Regec)
2025 - Great/Choir Division pipework (Stephen Regec - For Piping Up From Pedal to Pipe/Stephen Regec)
2025 - Choir Division pipework (Stephen Regec - For Piping Up From Pedal to Pipe/Stephen Regec)
2025 - Pedal Division pipework (Stephen Regec - For Piping Up From Pedal to Pipe/Stephen Regec)
2025 - Swell chamber pipework (Noah Brennan - For Piping Up From Pedal to Pipe/Stephen Regec)
2025 - Builder's nameplate (Noah Brennan - For Piping Up From Pedal to Pipe/Stephen Regec)
2025 - Swell chamber pipework (Stephen Regec - For Piping Up From Pedal to Pipe/Stephen Regec)
2025 - Swell chamber pipework (Noah Brennan - For Piping Up From Pedal to Pipe/Stephen Regec)
2025 - Right facade (non functioning pipes) (Stephen Regec - For Piping Up From Pedal to Pipe/Stephen Regec)
2025 - Model of old cabin church (Stephen Regec - For Piping Up From Pedal to Pipe/Stephen Regec)
2010-11-11 - Church exterior (Pubdog on Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 3 manuals
- 24 stops
- 49 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2012-04-23 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed in 1929 as Möller Op. 5668. -Database Manager
2025-05-17 - The Swell 8' Vox Humana has been replaced with a II Sesquialtera. And the Vox Humana Tremolo knob was replaced with a blank knob. -Jim Stettner
Stoplist
Stops marked with an asterisk (*) were new in 1960. Stoplist originally copied from the factory specifications. Received online from Jeff Scofield April 24, 2012 Source: Previously submitted. Verified from console photos.
Great Quintaton * 16, Diapason 8, Concert Flute 8, Quintaton 8, Gemshorn 8, Octave * 4, Flute Harmonic 4, Piccolo Harmonic 2, Grave Mixture * II, Mixture * III, Tremolo, Chimes [21]
Pedal Bourdon 16, Quintaton 16, Lieblich Gedeckt 16, Bourdon Quint 10 ⅔, Dulciana 16, Bourdon 8, Octave 8, Flauto Dolce 8, Dulciana 8, Flute 4, Chimes, Diapason 16 (1-12 present Ped. 16' Open Diapason pipes; 13-44 present Sw. 8' Open Diapason pipes)
Swell Gedeckt 16, Gedeckt 8, Salicional 8 (present 8' Aeoline pipes), Voix Celeste [tc] 8, Principal * 4, Rohrflöte 4, Nazard 2 ⅔, Violina 4, Flautino 2, Scharf * III, Trompette * 8, Vox Humana 8 (Replaced with II Sesquialtera.), Oboe Clarion 4, Tremolo, Vox Humana Tremolo (blank knob after 8' VH replaced with II Sesquialtera)
Choir Dulciana 16, Gemshorn 8, Concert Flute 8, Gemshorn Celeste * 8, Dulciana 8, Flute Harmonic 4, Dulcet 4, Dulciana Twelfth 2 ⅔, Piccolo 2, Clarinet 8, Dulciana 2, (GR) Chimes, Tremolo
Swell to Pedal 8 (Swell to Pedal), Great to Pedal 8 (Great to Pedal), Swell to Pedal 4 (Swell to Pedal 4), Great to Pedal 4 (Great to Pedal 4), Choir to Pedal 8 (Choir to Pedal), Choir to Pedal 4 (Choir to Pedal 4), Great to Great 16 (Great 16), Great to Great 8 (Great Unison Off), Great to Great 4 (Great 4), Swell to Great 16 (Swell to Great 16), Swell to Great 8 (Swell to Great), Swell to Great 4 (Swell to Great 4), Choir to Great 16 (Choir to Great 16), Choir to Great 8 (Choir to Great), Choir to Great 4 (Choir to Great 4), Choir to Choir 16 (Choir 16), Choir to Choir 8 (Choir Unison Off), Choir to Choir 4 (Choir 4), Swell to Choir 16 (Swell to Choir 16), Swell to Choir 8 (Swell to Choir), Swell to Swell 16 (Swell 16), Swell to Choir 4 (Swell to Choir 4), Swell to Swell 8 (Swell Unison Off), Swell to Swell 4 (Swell 4)
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