Bethlehem Lutheran Church
731 Excelsior Street
Pittsburgh, PA
Images
2022-02-10 - Right stopjamb, Great division drawknobs. (Photograph by Nicholas Scott Sharer/Nicholas Scott Sharer)
2022-02-10 - Left stopjamb, Swell division drawknobs. (Photograph by Nicholas Scott Sharer/Nicholas Scott Sharer)
2022-02-10 - Left stopjamb, pedal division drawknobs and an extra-fancy console clock. (Photograph by Nicholas Scott Sharer/Nicholas Scott Sharer)
2022-02-10 - Console name plate - alas, no opus no. is present. (Photograph by Nicholas Scott Sharer/Nicholas Scott Sharer)
2022-02-10 - Comfortable console featuring Wicks' low-riding integrated music rack (Photograph by Nicholas Scott Sharer/Nicholas Scott Sharer)
2022-02-10 - The facade fills one of the arches that flank the chancel (there is a fresco on the other) (Photograph by Nicholas Scott Sharer/Nicholas Scott Sharer)
Consoles
Chancel console
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 2 manuals
- 20 stops
- 35 registers
- 3 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 tutti toe pistons
Notes
2022-02-10 - The congregation known as Bethlehem Lutheran Church dissolved several years ago. The building currently houses a social ministry agency of the Southwestern PA Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Abiding Mission. Abiding Mission provides various kinds of assistance to the impoverished population of the surrounding community (the Allentown neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA). The building is still used for worship, though the organ is in need of quite a lot of TLC to get it into reliable playing condition again. -Nicholas Scott Sharer
Stoplist
Source: Taken from the Console 10 February, 2022
Great (Unenclosed) Principal 8, Bourdon 8, Gemshorn 8, Prestant 4, Nachthorn 4, Twelfth 2⅔, Fifteenth 2, Chimes, Tremolo, Great to Great 16, Great Unison Silent, Great to Great 4, Swell to Great 16, Swell to Great 8, Swell to Great 4
Swell (Enclosed) Rohr Floete 8, Viola 8, Geigen Principal 4, Nachthorn 4, Nazard 2⅔, Flute Octavin 2, Trompette 8, Tremolo, Swell to Swell 16, Swell Unison Silent, Swell to Swell 4
Pedal Bourdon 16, Gemshorn 16, Principal 8, Flute 8, Flauto Dolce 8, Nachthorn 4, (Blank) (Extra knob), Great to Pedal 8, Swell to Pedal 8
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