Pipe Organ Database

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Bates & Culley (1904)

Location:

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
323 Nazareth Pike
West Bethlehem (Hecktown), PA 18020 US
Organ ID: 66563

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ is known from a single historic document only; presumed no longer extant, and may never have existed.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on January 13, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
All:
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
  • Built by Bates & Culley
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on June 14, 2022.
Paul R. Marchesano on January 13, 2021:

Date confirmed in article describing laying the cornerstone of new church building. -- The Allentown Democrat, 3 Nov 1913, Page 5.

There is no mention in the article of moving of the organ to the new structure, but it likely was installed there.

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on May 03, 2021.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2016-03-23

Church from above: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2017-01-14

Extant facade in front: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2017-08-24

Extant facade in front: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2018-09-30

Extant facade in front: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2018-12-25

Extant chancel and nave facades: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2019-04-21

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