Better Pipe Organ Database

Unknown Builder (1924)

St. James Episcopal: Sanctuary; front
1345 Oak Street
Paso Robles, CA

Images

2012-11-11 - Pipe Facade and Keydesk (Photograph by David Boldt/Database Manager)

2020-05-20 - Organ facade and keydesk in profile (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)

2024-04-27 - Nave interior with organ at front, left (Church Facebook page (still capture from video)/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
2 manuals
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: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1997 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - From Trinity Episcopal, San Jose,CA, 1924. Altered by the Rev. Charles Thackery 1924, 2-15; alt. by John Swinford 1957, 2-16; alt. by McManis 1960s, 2-19 and 1984, 2-19. To receive restorative repairs 1997 by Wm. Visscher. -Database Manager

2016-11-26 - Updated through online information from Thomas L. DeLay. The Clarabella and Viola D' Amour mentioned in the spec are NOT prepared for. They are original. The Viola D' Amour is a bell gamba cut dead length. Tuning is accomplished via over-size ears. There is a preparation on the Great for a 4-rank Mixture that was never installed. The Trombone is a prep. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from key desk Nov 11, 2012 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Paso Robles, California
St. James Episcopal Church

William Stevens  1863

Great:
        8' Open Diapason 
        8' Stop'd Diapason Bass/Treble 
        8' Clarabella (prepared for)
        8' Viole d'Amore (prepared for)
        4' Principal
        4' Flute 
        2 2/3' Twelfth 
        2' Fifteenth 
        8' Trumpet
          Swell to Great coupler
        
Swell (enclosed): 
        8' Open Diapason
        8' Stop'd Diapason Bass/Treble
        8' Dulciana
        4' Principal
        4' Night Horn
           Mixture II (?)
        8' Hautboy

Pedal:  16' Subbass
         8' Bourdon
            Trombone (prepared for)
         Swell to Pedal, Great to Pedal couplers

        Cymbelstern

Pedal compass:  CC - d

 [Received from David Boldt 2012-11-14.]

SWELL EXPRESSION: hitch-down; ratchet-style; ACCESSORIES: Cymbelstern Source: Stoplist copied from the keydesk; 2012-11-11 November 11, 2012

Great Open Diapason 8, Stop'd Diapason Treble 8, Clarabella 8, Viole d'Amore 8, Stop'd Diapason Bass 8, Twelfth 2 2/3, Mixture [prep] IV, Principal 4, Flute 4, Fifteenth 2, Trumpet 8

Swell Dulciana 8, Stop'd Diapason Treble 8, Open Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason Bass 8, Mixture [?] II, Hautboy 8, Principal 4, Night Horn 4

Pedal Subbass 16, Trombone [prep] 16, Bourdon 8

Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Great

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