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Rudolph Ibach Opus 150 (1875)

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

Images

c. 1904 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Jim Lewis Collection, submitted by Jim Lewis/Jim Lewis)

1906-04-18 - Church Exterior after the April 18, 1906, earthquake and fire (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS/Database Manager)

Unknown - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case (Photograph (ca. 1890) courtesy of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• 3 manuals
• 41 stops
• 41 registers
• 4 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Manual compass: 54 notes
• Pedal compass: 30 notes

Notes

2013-01-21 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Jim Lewis, using information found in San Francisco Call. -- 42 stops. Destroyed 1906 -Database Manager

2015-08-30 - Updated through online information from Steve Repasky. -- Lowest manual was Hauptwerk. Middle manual, Oberwerk. Top manual, Chorwerk. The Cornett was mounted over the 12th & 15th stops next to the Trumpet. Originally, the wind was supplied by two men, each operating two feeders.<br><br>There was a Kalcant (signal bell) to alert the blower men. -Database Manager

Stoplist

this is for OHS ID 50858, stop list is from Orgel Ibach Barmen (1794-1904) by Gisela Beer, Arno Vold-Verlag, Küln, 1975, p. 172 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

San Francisco, California
St. Patrick Catholic Church


Ibach firm of Barmen, opus 198,built in 1874
Organ installed by Felix Schoenstein in 1876 due to the Ibach installers running off and getting "gold fever".
III/42



HAUPTWERK          OBERWERK            Chorwerk             Pedal
16'Principal       16'Bourdon          8'Geigenprincipal    16'Principalbass
 8'Principal        8'Principal        8'Dolce              16'Violonbass
 8'Viola da gamba   8'Bourdon          8'Harmonica          16'Subbass
 8'Flautmajor       8'Salicional       4'Violini            10 2/3'Quintbass
 8'Gedakt           8'Gemshorn         4'Flute douce         8'Octavbass
 4'Octav            8'Rohrflote        8'Clarinette          8'Violoncello
 4'Rohrflote        4'Octav                                  8'Gedaktbass
2 2/3'Quinte        4'Flute octaviante                       5 1/3'Quintbass
 2'Octav            2'Octav                                  4'Octavbass
 V Cornett          IV Mixtur                               16'Posaunenbass
 V Scharff          8' Fagot                                 8'Trompetbass

Additions by Felix F. Schoenstein:
Swell box for Oberwerk.
Large 16' Open Diapason for pedal made of 2 1/2" Puget Sound cedar and placed behind organ.
Man-powered wind supply replace by an water wheel device.
Organ destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake & Fires.


 [Received from Steve Repasky 2015-08-25.]

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