Better Pipe Organ Database

Fred Beaks (1969after)

St. John's Presbyterian Church
1070 W. Plumb Ln.
Reno, NV

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1994-05-04 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-04 - Used Austin console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-04 - Console; closer view (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
24 stops
16 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-10-11 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This is a conglomerate instrument of many undocumented origins compiled and installed by Fred Beaks of Reno, Nevada sometime after the present sanctuary was completed in 1969. The organ has had some tonal modifications and upgrades since its installation, according to the church website. A Peterson solid state relay is present, and this seems to have been installed by Sierra Pipe Organ Service. The console is clearly a used Austin console with 6 divisions: Great, Swell, Choir, Positiv, Antiphonal, and Pedal. Only the Great, Swell, and Pedal have any speakings stops. The chests were not of a manufacture that I recognized, and the pipework is from more than one original source. Documented May, 1994. -Database Manager