2006-02-01 - Fa?ade (Photograph by Michael Bigelow/Database Manager)
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1982. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - From Chico, CA [or Forest Ranch, CA?]. On loan for a time to St. John Episcopal, Chico, CA. Compass 53/29. Pedalboard is convertible, flat or concave. 13 1/2 ranks. [Is this entry right, or is this actually the St. John's Episcopal entry? Was it really at both churches? TAO mentions only Episcopal.] -Database Manager
2007-11-13 - Updated through on-line information from Philip L. Browning. -Database Manager
2012-07-16 - Updated through online information from Michael L Bigelow. -- Opus 1 was originally installed at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church (now St. Augustine Episcopal Church) 228 Salem St. in Chico, CA. The owner, Dr. David Rothe, graciously loaned it to the church. Then in November of 1981 it was moved two blocks to St. John the Baptist Catholic Church which ultimately bought the instrument. -- There is no low C# in manuals or pedal -Database Manager
2012-07-28 - Updated through online information from Michael L Bigelow, builder. -- Correction to Note above: Opus 1 was never installed in a residence, nor did it ever have a convertible pedal board. -Database Manager
2012-09-17 - Updated through online information from Michael. -Database Manager
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Chico, California St. John the Baptist Catholic Church M. L. Bigelow & Co. Opus 1 1979 MANUALS I – OR – II 1. Præstant 8 – 2. Gedackt 8 – 3. Gedackt – 8 1-36 = Man. I 4. Octave 4 4 5. Rohrflöte 4 4 6. Quinte 3 3 7. Octave 2 2 8. Tierce 1 3/5 1 3/5 9. Mixture III – 10.Dulcian 8 - PEDAL 11.Subbass 16 12.Bass 8 ext. Subbass 13.Fagott 16 14.Fagott 8 ext. -Tremulant -One coupler: Manual I to Pedal -53/26 notes (C,D-f'''/C,D-d'). Flat pedalboard. -Keys of bone and ebony. Suspended mechanical key action. -Mechanical stop action. Half-draw = Manual II, full draw = Manual I. -Case of solid white oak, hand planed, fumed, and oiled, 15' tall. -Hand carved and gilt pipe shades inspired from the historic organ at Sion, Switzerland. [Received from Michael Bigelow 2012-07-12.]
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