Bedient Pipe Organ Company
Opus 20, 1983

Residence: Delbert Disselhorst

Iowa City, IA, US

4 Ranks - 192 Pipes - 3 Physical Divisions

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	Manual I🛈 Position: In a Case at the Front of the Room Chest Action: Slider With Mechanical Pull-Downs Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
4'	Praestant	58

8'	Manual II to Manual I

	Manual II🛈 Position: In a Case at the Front of the Room Chest Action: Slider With Mechanical Pull-Downs Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
8'	Gedeckt	58
4'	Blockflute	58

	Pedal🛈 Position: In a Case at the Front of the Room Chest Action: Slider (Details Unknown) Stop Action: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
8'	Gedeckt🛈 Notes: 1-12 common with Man. II 8' Gedeckt	18

8'	Manual I to Pedal

Originally Written/Published: November 1984

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Builder: Bedient Pipe Organ Company

Position: Keydesk Attached

Design: Traditional Without Cover

Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight

Features:

2 Manuals (58 Notes)30 Note Pedal3 Divisions4 Stops4 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs

Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions

Combination Action: None

Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Unknown Status and Unknown Playability in this location

Jim Stettner on January 13th, 2026:

Subsequent disposition of the instrument after Dr. Disselhorst's passing on Sept. 1, 2022 is not presently unknown.

Paul R. Marchesano on January 3rd, 2026:

This small mechanical-action organ is tuned in a modified Kirnberger temperament. Manual compass is 58 notes; the flat, non-radiating pedalboard contains 30 notes. Two couplers are provided (Manual II + I, Manual I + Pedal). -- The American Organist, Nov. 1984.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Status Note: There 1984

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from the Bedient opus list. Modified Kirnberger temperament.

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Bedient Pipe Organ CompanyOpus 20, 1983