San Francisco, CaliforniaSt. Joseph's Hospital — ChapelBuilder: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Year: 1939 Opus: 990 No. manuals: 2 No. stops: 9 No. ranks: 11 No. pipes: 613 SpecificationGREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN 8' Principal 61 8' Bourdon 61 8' Spitzflöte 61 8' Viola 61 4' Nachthorn 61 4' Prestant 61 III Plein Jeu 183 PEDAL ORGAN Tremolo 16' Bourdon 32 Swell 16' 8' Principal 32 Swell 4' Source: Allen Kinzey Notes: To quote from a convention handbook of the Organ Historical Society: "This instrument was built for St. Joseph's Hospital Chapel in San Francisco, the gift of a donor who specified "the best organ money can buy." Designed by G. Donald Harrison, it served the chapel until 1982, when the hospital was closed. St. Boniface [Catholic Church] organist Thomas McGuire made arrangements for Schoenstein & Co. to move the organ to its present location [in the chancel of St. Boniface]. The expression box was rebuilt to enclose only the Swell; the screen was provided by the church. All the pipes except the Pedal Bourdon 16' are of spotted metal; the Swell bourdon 8' is capped." Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=25631 |