Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church
1329 Seventh Ave.
San Francisco, CA
Images
Date unknown - Swell chamber pipework (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Chancel showing all four chambers facade/grilles. (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Great chamber with chancel facade and nave grille with console below (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Chancel showing console placement on the right (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2021-12-24 - Chancel with Great chamber facade (right) and Swell chamber grille (left). (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2013-03-01 - Chancel with Great chamber facade (Photograph from an archival source: Jeff G. on Yelp, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 2021 - Church exterior; facade (Photograph from an archival source: Seventh Avenue Performances website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 2 manuals
- 9 stops
- 17 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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2007-10-25 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager
2023-06-01 - The organ was removed by Scoenstein and completely renovated in 2020 in their Benicia, CA. facility. No tonal changes were made. The chambers were repaired, cleaned, and painted, and modified for improved service and tuning access. The console combintion action and relay switching were upgraded to solid state switching.
See article in 'The Tracker', April 2023, Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 36 & 37. -Jim Stettner
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist copied from 'The Tacker' Vol. 67, No. 2, Apil 2023, pg. 37 April, 2023
San Francisco, California
Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church
Estey Organ Co. (Opus 2886, 1930)
GREAT (Expressive)
8 First Open Diapason 61
8 Second Open Diapason 61 1-12 fr. First Open.
8 Melodia 73
8 Dulciana 73
4 Octave 12 Ext. 2nd Open.
4 Flute 12 Ext. Melodia.
Chimes (__)
Great to Great 16'
Unison Off
Great to Great 4'
SWELL (Expressive)
8 Silver Flute 61
8 Salicional 73
8 Voix Celeste (tc) 61
4 Silver Flute 12
2 Flautino 12
8 Cornopean 73
Tremolo
Swell to Swell 16
Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4
PEDAL (Expressive)
16 Bourdon 32
16 Contra Dulciana (Gt) 12
8 Open Diapason (Gt) -- Second Open.
8 Flute 12
4 Octave (Gt) -- Second Open.
INTER-DIVISIONAL COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal 8,4
Great to Pedal 8,4
Swell to Great 16,8,4
FINGER PISTONS
Undocumented
TOE STUDS
Undocumented
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
Great Expression (bal.)
MEMORY
128 memory levels
[Stoplist submitted by James R. Stettner 2023-06-01.]
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