Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2008-08-08 - Identified through information received from Jack Bethards. -- The organ is now in our shop (Schoenstein & Co.) and is being offered for sale through the Organ Clearing House. -Database Manager
2014-12-05 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was moved to Simpson's Redding campus in 1982. Later,it was on-loan to First Presbyterian Church in Redding. It ended-up in storage in the Schoenstein shop in San Francisco. In 2010, it was purchased by St. Bede's Catholic Church, Pyrmont/Sydney, Australia through the Organ Clearing House. -Database Manager
2022-08-12 - The organ was originally installed at Messiah Lutheran Church, Redwood City, in 1963; it was eventually relocated. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist copied from photos ofthe organ at: http://www.sydneyorgan.com/PyrmontStBedes.html Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
San Francisco, California
Simpson Bible College
M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 9816, 1963 - Original Specifications
GREAT (Expressive) SWELL (Expressive) PEDAL (Expressive)
8 Diapason 8 Gedeckt 16 Bourdon
8 Gedeckt 8 Viola 8 Gedeckt
8 Viola 4 Flute 8 Viola
4 Octave 4 Viola 5-1/3 Quint
4 Flute 2-2/3 Nazard 4 Octave
4 Viola 2 Flautino 4 Flute
2-2/3 Twelfth 8 Trompette 8 Trompette
2 Fifteenth 4 Trompette 4 Trompette
8 Trompette Tremolo
Chimes
STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16 Bourdon (Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
8 Diapason (Gt) 61
8 Gedeckt (Gt/Sw/Ped) 61
8 Viola (Gt/Sw/Ped) 61
5-1/3 Quint (Ped) -- From the Diapason unit.
4 Octave (Gt/Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Diapason.
4 Flute (Gt/Sw/Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
4 Viola (Gt/Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Viola.
2-2/3 Twelfth (Gt) 7 Extension of the 8' Viola.
2-2/3 Nazard (Sw) 7 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
2 Fifteenth (Gt) 5 Extension of the 8' Viola.
2 Flautino (Sw) 5 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
8 Trompette (Gt/Sw/Ped) 61
4 Trompette (Sw/Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Trompette.
Tremolo (Sw) Affects the entire instrument.
Chimes (Gt) Console preparation.
PIPE SUMMARY
Diapason Gedeckt Viola Trompette
73 pipes 97 pipes 85 pipes 73 pipes
COUPLERS PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell to Great [8] Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
ACTION: E-P unit VOICES: 4 STOPS: 25 RANKS: 4 PIPES: 316
NOTES
The organ is free-standing and encased in an expressive cabinet. The console is detached
and separate.
It was originally built for Simpson Bible College in San Francisco. In 1982 the organ was
moved to their new campus in Redding, and later loaned to the First Presbyterian Church
in Redding. It ultimately ended-up in storage in the Schoenstein shop wrapped in polycell.
In 2010, it was purchased through the Organ Clearing House by St. Bede's Catholic Church in
Pyrmont, NSW, Australia. It travelled through China, New Zealand and Tasmania and was de-
livered to St Bede's on 13 May 2010.
It was installed at St. Bede's by Darrell Pitchford without tonal alterations.only the
front case was altered with the addition of 11 gold dummy pipes from the church's previous
organ.
Sources: http://www.sydneyorgan.com/PyrmontStBedes.html; comparison with other
extant and/or documented examples of the builder's work.
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