Residence: Private
Walnut Creek, CA
Images
1999-08-13 - Haskell Stoprail - right end (Photograph by John Haskey/Database Manager)
1999-08-13 - Haskell Stoprail - left end (Photograph by John Haskey/Database Manager)
1999-08-13 - Pedalboard and swell expression shoe (Photograph by John Haskey/Database Manager)
1999-08-13 - Console couplers from inside (Photograph by John Haskey/Database Manager)
1999-08-13 - Organ Case and Keydesk (Photograph by John Haskey/Database Manager)
1999-08-13 - Center Facade (Photograph by John Haskey/Database Manager)
1999-08-13 - Keydesk (Photograph by John Haskey/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 7 stops
- 7 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop layout Type: Haskell Style Stop-Keys/Keyboard
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: None
Notes
2018-07-23 - This entry describes a new home for an organ that was relocated without either tonal or mechanical changes.
<br>Identified by James R. Stettner, listing this web site as a source of information: http://haskey.com/johnh/organ/estey/.<br>The organ was originally built for St. Andrew RC Church in Oakland, CA. and was moved at an undocumented time to St. Joseph Portuguese RC Church also in Oakland. It was acquired by an organ builder/tech in the 70s who set it up in his home. He has subsequently passed on and it was made available for sale by the family and advertised for them by John Haskey. -Database Manager
2018-08-04 - Updated by James R. Stettner, listing conversations with this person as the source of the information: John Haskey.<br>\r\nThe pedalboard, while flat and parallel, has radiating sharps. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Original document from James R. Stettner. Source: Stoplist taken from detailed photos of the organ 2018-08-09
Walnut Creek, California
Residence: Undisclosed
This installation by Owner, 1970's
Estey Organ Co., Opus 741, 1910 - Original Specifcations
GREAT COUPLERS
8' Open Diapason 61 Swell to Pedal [8]
8' Dulciana 61 Great to Pedal [8]
4' Principal 61
Swell to Great [8],4
SWELL (Expressive)
8' Stopped Diapason 61 FINGER PISTONS
8' Salicional (tc) 49 None
4' Flute Harmonic 61
Tremolo
FOOT LEVERS
None
PEDAL
16' Bourdon 30
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
ACTION: T-P ventil STOPS: 7 REGISTERS: 7 RANKS: 7 PIPES: 384
NOTES
The organ is free-standing and encased. The music desk cover lifts to form a music rack.
The 3-sectional facade contains 25 gold-painted pipes arranged: 5 – 15 – 5. The Pedal 16'
Bourdon forms the sides of the case.
The organ was originally built for St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Oakland, California.
When that parish closed, the organ was relocated to St. Joseph's Portuguese RC Church
also in Oakland. In the 1970's it was removed by an organ builder/technician from Walnut
Creek and installed in his home. After his passing, the family made the organ available
for purchase. It was advertised for them by John Haskey.
Sources: Estey opus list; OHS Database; http://haskey.com/johnh/organ/estey/
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