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Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.) Opus 157 (1886)

Centella M. E. Chapel: Sanctuary
San Jose, CA

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

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
8 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2020-11-06 - A newstone church was built in 1903. It is assumed that the Hutchings was moved to the new church. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Taken from photos of the console on ebay November 6, 2020

San Jose, California
Centella M. E. Chapel

GEO. S. HUTCHINGS, Opus 157, 1886 - Original Specifications


GREAT                                        COUPLERS
Gr. 8 ft. Open Diapason          61          Swell to Pedal
Gr. 8 ft. Dolcissimo             61          Great to Pedal
Gr. 4 ft. Octave                 61
                                             Swell to Great

SWELL (Expressive)
Sw. 8 ft. Salicional       (tc)  49          FOOT TRUNDLES (Unlabeled)
Sw. 8 ft. Std. Dia. Treble (tc)  49          Gr. to Ped.                (rev)
Sw. 8 ft. Std. Dia. Bass         12
Sw. 4 ft. Flute Harmonique       61
                                             PEDAL MOVEMENTS
                                             Swell Expression          (bal.)
PEDAL
Pd. 16 ft. Bourdon               27


ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop    VOICES: 7    STOPS: 8    RANKS: 7    PIPES: 381


NOTES
The chapel was a Mission of First M.E. Church. The church was named in honor
of the deceased 8-year old daughter of Mrs. L.C. McColl, a major financial
contributor to the church. A new edifice was built in 1903, and the organ is
presumed to have been moved there. A decrease in church membership eventually
forced the congregation to merge with St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
downtown.
 
The organ is for sale on ebay in November, 2020. The history with the listing
states, "In 1956, Centella Methodist Church merged with another church and the
organ was later moved to a new location. It is unclear during what period of
time the organ was in service at the new location."

It is also unclear whether this "new location" is an unnamed location of St.
Paul's M.E. Church with whom Centella merged. Regardless, he organ was pur-
chased by a physician in 1988 and installed in his home. It was soon there-
after for sale through the Organ Clearing House and relocated to St. Joseph
RC Church in Port St. Joe, Florida - from which it is now for sale.


Sources: Hutchings opus list; Photos of the case, keydesk, stops, pedalboard,
         and pipework on ebay in November, 2020.


Centella M.E. Chapel
San Jose, california

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