Better Pipe Organ Database

Bergstrom & Co. (before 1900)

Federated Church / Placerville Methodist: Sanctuary; front
1031 Thompson Way
Placerville, CA

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

Images

Unknown - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph (ca. 1905) from the collection of Jim Lewis/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
16 stops
14 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Notes

2004-10-30 - Builder's Nameplate: Bergstrom & Co. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - 2nd hand. Possibly from a San Francisco R. C. church. Relocated to the Organ Building, El Dorado Co. Fairgrounds, Placerville, CL. Church merged with Presbyterian to form Federated Church c. 1938. -Database Manager

2007-07-03 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Three-sectional facade containing 27 stenciled pipes arranged: 7-13-7. -Database Manager

2015-02-09 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- Article on the San Francisco Bee web site states that instrument was relocated to El Dorado County Fairground in Placerville in about 1960, where it is extant as of 2015. -Database Manager

2025-04-05 - The organ was originally installed at the First Methodist Church, Oakland, CA. A new instrument was purchased from the Murray Harris Co. in 1903 and the Bergstrom was then offered for sale. -Jim Lewis

Websites

Musical marvel, stuck in El Dorado County warehouse, needs a home - Photograph (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#7822 - Unknown Builder (1938ca.)