2000-01-01 - Organ Case (Photograph from St. Bede's Church/Database Manager)
2012-12-12 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- An article in the Almanac Online December 9 (German builder of pipe organ returns to restore it) notes that Hans-Ulrich Erbsloh, who worked in Hamburg in the late 1960s, and originally had worked on the voicing of the organ, along with assistant Bernd Becker completed five weeks of work on the organ this fall. They removed, cleaned and restored every part. He also "restored the timbre of the organ," since past adjustments had distorted the original intent of Rudolf von Beckerath. Mr. Erbsloh was determined to bring the instrument back to its original tones. -Database Manager
2018-06-10 - The organ was dedicated by The Right Reverend Robert Burton Gooden, DD, Sunday, January 11, 1970. -Database Manager
2022-10-24 - Even though it was altered, it has been restored as much as possible to its original state by Hans-Ulrich Erbslöh, former head voicer at Beckerath. -Rani Fischer
Typed Specification Source: from Rani Fischer Date not recorded
Menlo Park, California
St. Bede's Episcopal Church
Rudolph von Beckerath 1969 2 manuals, 25 stops, 37 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
8' Prinzipal 56 8' Holzgedeckt 56
8' Rohrflöte 56 8' Gemshorn (TC) 44
4' Oktav 56 8' Celeste (TC) 44
4' Spielflöte 56 4' Rohrflöte 56
2 2/3' Nasat 56 2' Prinzipal 56
2' Flachflöte 56 Sesquialtera II 112
1 3/5' Tierce 56 Scharf III-IV 224
Mixtur IV-VI 276 8' Cromhorne 56
8' Trompete 56 Tremulant
Swell to Great
PEDAL ORGAN Expression Pedal
16' Pommer 32
16' Subbass 32 Temperament: Neidhardt 1724
8' Octave 32
8' Rohrbass 32 Wind Pressures
4' Hohlflöte 32 Great: 70 mm
Rauschpfeife IV 128 Swell: 65 mm
16' Fagott 32 Pedal: 71 mm
8' Trompete 32
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2018-06-10]
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