Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2009-10-19 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The residence is now owned by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who wants to tear the house down. He has allowed the place to decay and suffer from water damage -- including the organ -- but from April 2009 photos on the internet, it looks as though it might well still be salvageable. In May 2009, after some 25 years of legal battles, Jobs finally won the right to demolish the house. The current status of house and organ is not known. -Database Manager
2011-01-14 - Updated through online information from John Haskey. -- The Jackling House is owned by Steve Jobs, who after many years of legal struggle has won the right to demolish the house. The organ has been given to a private party who has removed the majority of it to storage in the hope of re-installing it in a new location in the future. -Database Manager
2011-03-02 - Updated through online information from John Haskey. -- The Jackling Residence was demolished on Feb 15th, 2011 (and following). The majority of the instrument was successfully removed to storage. The original blower (1 of 2), the great main (Aeolian) chest (heavily water damaged), and the majority of the relay 'went down' with the building. -Database Manager
2011-03-02 - Updated through online information from John Haskey. -- Sometime late in 2010 a trespasser/vandal set fire to the console and the tabs, nameboard, music desk, and mechanical combination action were destroyed. -Database Manager
2014-10-27 - Updated through information from <i>Friends of the Jackling Organ</i> web site. -- In 1938, Daniel Jackling commissioned the Kilgen Organ Company to upgrade his existing Aeolian residence organ. The original organ, of 2 manuals and 14 ranks, was expanded to 4 manuals and 55 ranks. The Aeolian was equipped with a Duo-Art player, which was retained and augmented with a Roesler-Hunholz player. Both players could play notes and automatically change stops, but while the Aeolian player was aimed at a two manual organ, the Roesler-Hunholz could take advantage of the large size of the expanded organ. -Database Manager
2020-12-01 - The work done by Kilgen was under opus numbers 6030, 6030A, 6030B, and 6030C - the latter of which was for a new generator. -Jim Stettner
2022-05-18 - From Wikipedia: The Jackling House, the historic Spanish Colonial Revival Style mansion and estate, was located in Woodside, California. It was designed by renowned architect George Washington Smith in 1925 for Jackling and his family. In 1984 Steve Jobs purchased the 17,000 sq ft (1,600 m2) property and lived in it for ten years. After that, he rented it out for a time, and in 2000, he stopped maintaining it. In 2004 Jobs stirred Woodside preservationist controversy by applying for a permit to tear the historic landmark down to build a smaller house. A judge ruled against demolition in early 2006. Jobs appealed the decision. In April 2007, the California State Supreme Court refused to hear the Jobs appeal, which meant he could not raze the house. Nonetheless, Jobs won approval to demolish the Jackling House from the Woodside Town Council on May 13, 2009. On April 29, 2010, the architectural-historical preservationists group Uphold Our Heritage appealed the March court decision to allow the Woodside Town Council to issue a demolition permit, submitted by the group's attorney Doug Carstens. The appeal put an "automatic stay" on the issuance of demolition permits. "If that (Yoho family relocation permits) works out, and it looks like there's a lot of promise to that working out, then it won't be necessary to pursue the appeal," he said. "We've always been in favor of relocation and restoration." "We respectfully disagree with the court's decision, and we have all along." Carstens said. The house was demolished in February 2011. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist from <i>Friends of the Jackling Organ</i> web site Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Woodside, California
Daniel C. Jackling Residence
Geo. Kilgen & Son 1938 4 manuals, 61 stops, 55 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
8' First Diapason 73 a 16' Bourdon 97 a
8' Second Diapason 73 8' Geigen Diapason 73
8' Tibia Clausa 73 8' Gedeckt (fr. Bdn) --
8' Hohl Flute 73 a 8' Salicional 73 a
8' Viola 73 8' Voix Celeste (tc) 61 a
8' Dolce Flute 73 a 8' Aeoline 73 a
8' Gemshorn 73 a 4' Octave Geigen 73
8' Gemshorn Celeste (tc) 61 4' Flute d'Amour (Bdn) --
4' Octave 73 2 2/3' Flute Nazard (Bdn) --
4' Flute (harmonic) 73 a 2' Flageolet (Bdn) --
II Ripieno Minore 122 III Dolce Cornet 183
II Ripieno Maggiore 122 8' Trumpet 73 a
8' Tromba 73 8' Post Horn 73
Vibraharp (Deagan) 8' French Horn 73 b
Chimes (Deagan) 8' Oboe 73 a
8' Vox Humana 73
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Vox Humana, 2nd 73 a
8' Open Diapason 73
8' Concert Flute 73 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Solo Violin 73 16' Major Bass 44
8' Solo Celeste 73 16' Bourdon 44 a
8' Violin Sordo 73 16' Violone (Solo Vln) 12 CH
8' Sordo Celeste 73 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
4' Flauto Traverso 73 8' Flute Major (MBass) --
4' Salicet 73 8' Bass Flute (Bdn) --
2 2/3' Rohr Nazard 61 8' Gedeckt SW
2' Piccolo Harmonic 61 8' Cello (Viola) GT
8' Trumpet 73 16' Trombone (Tromba) 12 GT
8' Clarinet 73 16' Fagotto 32
ECHO ORGAN
8' Cor de Nuit 73
8' Fern Flute 73
8' Vox Angelica 73
8' Vox Aetheria (tc) 61
4' Flauto Amabile 73
III Harmonia Aetheria 183
8' Vox Humana 73
Harp a
Chimes a
ECHO PEDAL
16' Bourdon 32 a a from Aeolian, Op. 1782
8' Dolce Flute (ext) 12 b Möller
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2014-10-27]
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