The German organ-builder Dinse of Berlin constructed and installed this organ in 1893. It was unplayable for many years. In 1999 The Evangelical Lutheran Church decided to rebuild it and called the American organ maker Roland Rutz. This firm modified the old pneumatic instrument from top to bottom, electrified it and equipped it with a computer. While reusing some of the mechanisms and the majority of the stops of the old organ, Rutz also replaced a great number of pipes and made several manual stops accessible from the pedal. The organ’s 26 stops are only 16 ranks. The organ has a MIDI interface, allowing actual performances to be recorded. The organ is placed on a gallery above the entrance door. It was inaugurated again in Christmas 2000.

הפוסט Lutherian Christmas Church הופיע לראשונה ב-קונצרטים לעוגב | עוגבים | חובבי העוגב בישראל בעמותת אוצר המוסיקה היהודית.

The Salesian Church of Bethlehem was built in 1892 and a liturgical organ was installed there in 1906, work of the Italian organ-builder Vegessi-Bossi, opus number 1140. The instrument is placed on a platform at the back of the church’s choir.

This pneumatic organ was electrified by Br. Delfin Taboada in the 1960’s. Unfortunately, it was not maintained since and is today unplayable. A complete restoration of the entire action is needed, as well as a new intonation.

The acoustics is excellent. Many still remember the concerts that were given there by Father Giuseppe Georgis who was the organist of this church for many years.

הפוסט Salesian Church הופיע לראשונה ב-קונצרטים לעוגב | עוגבים | חובבי העוגב בישראל בעמותת אוצר המוסיקה היהודית.

The Palestinian University of Bethlehem today is located in the premises of the Franciscan Archiconfrérie of the Middle East in Bethlehem. The organ was installed inside the on-campus church by the Alsace firm Roetlinger. It was inaugurated and blessed by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem on the 27th December of 1961, and the late Agostino Lama, organist of the churches of the Holy Sepulcher and Holy Savior performed the inauguration concert.

The organ is installed on the platform of the church. The case is made of mahogany. The organ has 1052 pipes.

הפוסט Palestinian University – chapel הופיע לראשונה ב-קונצרטים לעוגב | עוגבים | חובבי העוגב בישראל בעמותת אוצר המוסיקה היהודית.

The fact that an organ was existing at the Church of the Nativity in Bethleem at least seven hundred years ago is known to us since the beginning of the last century: at that time, in 1906, the building of a hostel for pilgrims was planned near the church and early works connected with the foundations of the future building led to the discovery of 221 pipes belonging to an organ which was built in the 14 th century. These pipes are now exhibited at the Biblical Studies Museum of the Flagellation in the Old City of Jerusalem. We also have the testimony of pilgrims who visited the place in 1640 and mentioned the existence of an organ. The organist’s name at that time was Brother Arcangelo from Agrigente. The one- before-last instrument in such a long series of organs which stood there during so many years, had been built at the Franciscan Organs Workshop in The Holy Saviour Franciscan Monastery in Jerusalem. The building of this organ began in 1914 by Father Andrea Morato (from Granada) and finished by Father Mazzela in 1929. This organ was restaurated and electrified by Brother Delfino Taboada in 1955. The last organ was later built by the same organ builder, B. Delfino Taboada, and inaugurated by Agostino Lama (see Organ N.2). A description of this organ can be found in our chapter dealing with old organs dismantled after 1992.

The new organ was built by the Austrian organ-builder Rieger in 1999. It was due to be ready for the visit of the Pope John Paul II in March 2000, but in fact was inaugurated in 2003 by Father Armando Pierucci and Elisabeth Roloff. The instrument is composed of two separate organs which can be played either separately either jointly, on a common console or on two separate consoles placed in the choir of the church. The pipes of the the Great, the Swell and the Pedal are standing on a tribune specially built above the main entrance. The stops of the Positive, including the three stops belonging to the Pedal of the Positive, are located in the choir and can be played separately as a choir accompaniment organ, on a separate console. As a result, two organists can play together, one on the Great and the second on the Positive.

הפוסט The Great Organ of the Church of Saint Catherine in Bethleem הופיע לראשונה ב-קונצרטים לעוגב | עוגבים | חובבי העוגב בישראל בעמותת אוצר המוסיקה היהודית.