Samuel Bohler
1891
St. Michael's Lutheran Church
9th and Turner Streets
Allentown, PA, US
20 Ranks - 1,100 Pipes
Instrument ID: 67946 ● Builder ID: 695 ● Location ID: 28205
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| Great Organ | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason | |
| 8' | Viol d'Gamba | |
| 8' | Dulciana | |
| 8' | Melodia | |
| 4' | Principal | |
| 4' | Flute Harmonic | |
| 2⅔' | Twelfth | |
| 2' | Fifteenth | |
| 2' | Flageolet | |
| 8' | Trumpet |
| Swell Organ | ||
| 8' | Aeolina [sic] | |
| 8' | Solicionel [sic] | |
| 8' | Bourdon | |
| 8' | Violin Diapason | |
| 8' | Clarabella | |
| 4' | Violin Principal | |
| 2' | Flautina | |
| 8' | Oboe |
| Pedal Organ | ||
| 16' | Bourdon | |
| 8' | Violoncello |
| Mechanical | ||
| Swell to Great | ||
| Great to Pedal | ||
| Swell to Pedal | ||
| Tremulant | ||
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| Great Mezzo | ||
| Great Piano | ||
| Great Forte | ||
| Tremulant | ||
| Swell Mezzo | ||
| Balanced Swell Pedal |
Originally Written/Published: 23 Sep 1891
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Builder: Samuel Bohler
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
2 Manuals 3 Divisions26 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Combination Trundle(s)✓ Coupler Trundle(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Paul R. Marchesano on January 29th, 2022:
Known from a detailed description of the organ published in the *The Allentown Democrat*, 23 Sep 1891. The article says that Mr. Bohler has built five organs in-all for Allentown. Cost reported as $2,500, water motor powered. Replaced by Moller Opus 1687, 1914. Congregation merged into Nativity Lutheran Church and moved into a new facility in 2010. The church building is now known as Resurrected Life Community Church.
Known from a detailed description of the organ published in the *The Allentown Democrat*, 23 Sep 1891. The article says that Mr. Bohler has built five organs in-all for Allentown. Cost reported as $2,500, water motor powered. Replaced by Moller Opus 1687, 1914. Congregation merged into Nativity Lutheran Church and moved into a new facility in 2010. The church building is now known as Resurrected Life Community Church.
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