Better Pipe Organ Database

John Brombaugh & Associates Opus 20 (1979)

St. John's Presbyterian Church
2727 College Ave.
Berkeley, CA

Images

2019-12-12 - Upper case with facade pipes and carved shades (Photograph by Christopher Ketcham, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019-12-12 - Pedestal base of organ with keydesk (Photograph by Christopher Ketcham, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019-12-12 - The organ, straight on. (Photograph by Christopher Ketcham/Christopher Ketcham)

2024-02-19 - Organ case and keydesk (Benjamin Smith/Benjamin Smith)

2024-02-19 - Left stop jamb (Benjamin Smith/Benjamin Smith)

2024-02-19 - Right stop jamb (Benjamin Smith/Benjamin Smith)

July 2024 - Church interior (Diane Meredith Belcher, via Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

July 2024 - Church exterior (Diane Meredith Belcher, via Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

July 2024 - Church interior (Diane Meredith Belcher, via Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
23 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Pedal 16' Subbass ext Gt 8', Holpijp, 8' Trumpet common Gt & Pedal. Compass 56/30. Suspended action. [Pape lists as 22 speaking stops.] -Database Manager

2016-03-19 - Updated through online information from David Poile. -Database Manager

2023-07-11 - The sister case to this is at Christ Episcopal Church in Tacoma, Washington. -Jim Stettner

2024-03-13 - The instrument is played weekly as of 02/19/2024. Video is available at: https://vimeo.com/915722218 from 54:22 to 59:00. Of note, the instrument uses Kirnberger III elastic tuning. -Benjamin Smith

Stoplist

From 1995 AIO convention booklet Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Berkeley, California
St. John's Presbyterian Church

John Brombaugh - 1979

Great:
16' Quintadena
8' Praestant
8' Holpijp
4' Octave
4' Spitzflöte
2 2/3' Nasard
2' Octave
1 3/5' Tierce
III-V Mixture
8' Trumpet
8' Vox Humana

Positive:
8' Gedackt
4' Praestant
4' Rohrflöte
2' Cigar Flute
II Sesquialter
III Scharff
8' Dulcian

Pedal:
16' Subbass (G)
8' Octave (G bass)
4' Octave (G bass)
16' Posaune
8' Trumpet

 [Received from Connor Annable 2012-06-03.]

Documents

Brombaugh Organ at St Johns Presbyterian in Berkeley CA Article with photos and stoplist from the church website -Jim Stettner