The 1869 Samuel Bohler
Organ
Dedicated 22 October
2006 - The Lutheran Church of the Incarnate
Word
Rochester, New
York

Introduction of the Instrument - Tom
Madden October 22, 2006
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THE
RESTORER
Raymond J.
Brunner has been building and restoring
organs in the Lancaster, PA area
for twenty-five years. He has extensive
knowledge of and expertise with the
Pennsylvania Dutch and German organ
traditions, and is the author of
That
Ingenious Business: Pennsylvania German
Organ Builders, a study of
Pennsylvania German organ builders from
the 18th through the early
20th centuries.
Click to goto Ray's
website
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Specifications of the Organ
Built in 1869 by
Samuel Bohler,
Reading, Pennsylvania
Manual, 54
notes
Open Diapason
8’
(from low G, 5 wood and 42 metal pipes)
Dulciana
8’
(from tenor c, 37 metal pipes)
Claribel
8’
(from tenor c, 42 open wood pipes)
Stopped Diapason
8’
(from tenor c, 42 stopped wood pipes)
Stopped Diapason Bass
8’
(from low C, 12 stopped wood pipes)
Principal
4’
(54 metal pipes)
Fifteenth
2’
(54 metal pipes)
Tremulant
Pedal, 13
notes
Bourdon
16’
(13 stopped wood pipes)
Coupler
(couples manual to pedal)
Pitch A-438 @ 72F, equal temperament
tuning.
Wind pressure, 3” water column.
Electric blower, 0.25 HP Laukhuff
Ventus.
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