Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lancaster’s Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd was officially so named on May 12, 1972 when two congregations, Advent Lutheran and St. Mark Lutheran merged. The Advent Lutheran congregation began in 1897 with a building on Clark Street, then in 1901 in a building on Orange Street. St. Mark Lutheran congregation began in 1902 with its first building on Freiburg Street (later known as Pershing Avenue) and then in another building in1931 at East End Avenue and South Ann Street. In 1969 the Advent congregation approved the land on the site at Greenfield Road and the building for the merged congregations was dedicated there in 1973. Originally the church installed a two-manual pipe organ built by W. Zimmer. That organ now serves a Lutheran congregation in Herndon, Virginia. The Good Shepherd building was enlarged in 1990 and from August 2005 to April 2006 the Sanctuary was completely renovated and a new two-manual pipe organ with mechanical key action (electric for pedal) and electric stop action built by Lynn Dobson of Lake City, Iowa was installed and first used in September 2006. Rev. Marilyn Witte was installed as Associate Pastor to serve as Cantor in 2001. We thank her for her hospitality and willingness to share the organ with us.
Specifications
Great Organ
| 16’ Bourdon | 58 pipes |
| 8’ Prestant | 58 pipes |
| 8’ Chimney Flute | 58 pipes |
| 4’ Octave | 58 pipes |
| 4’ Spire Flute | 58 pipes |
| 2’ Fifteenth | 58 pipes |
| III Cornet 2-2/3’ (mounted, g20-d51) | 96 pipes |
| IV Mixture 1-1/3’ | 232 pipes |
| 8’ Trumpet | 58 pipes |
| Swell to Great |
Swell Organ
(expressive)
| 8’ Lieblich Gedackt | 58 pipes |
| 8’ Viola | 58 pipes |
| 8’ Viola Celeste (FF) | 53 pipes |
| 4’ Principal | 58 pipes |
| 4’ Harmonic Flute | 58 pipes |
| 2’ Piccolo | 58 pipes |
| III Mixture 1’ | 174 pipes |
| 8’ Oboe | 58 pipes |
| Tremulant |
Pedal organ
| 16’ Subbass | 32 pipes |
| 16’ Bourdon (from Great) | |
| 8’ Prestant | 32 pipes |
| 8’ Gedackt (ext. Subbass) | 12 pipes |
| 4’ Octave (ext. Prestant) | 12 pipes |
| 16’ Trombone | 32 pipes |
| 8’ Trumpet (ext.Trombone) | 12 pipes |
| Great to Pedal | |
| Swell to Pedal |
Accessories
Zimbelstern
Mechanical key action (electric action for Pedal)
Electric stop action with 8 level combination action
Free standing solid hard maple case
Opus 83 has an unusual three-dimensional façade, being essentially a screen composed of hard maple bars with a natural finish. The materials that hold the façade pipes in place are painted dark blue and a shade of burgundy known as "Dobson red." Some of the wood pipes are also painted. The horizontal components of the screen behind the façade pipes step put at the bottom to become toeboards. The placement of the façade pipes themselves, when viewed from above, was conceived to resemble a piece of medieval chant manuscript