Better Pipe Organ Database

Hinners Organ Co. (1909)

St. Paul's German Methodist / Greater Gethsemane Church of God in Christ: Sanctuary; front
240 Page St.
San Francisco, CA

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

Images

Unknown - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Dr Phillips/Database Manager)

Unknown - Keydesk and lower case (Photograph by Dr Phillips/Database Manager)

Unknown - Facade pipes (Photograph by Dr Phillips/Database Manager)

Unknown - Keydesk (Photograph by Dr Phillips/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
8 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: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Radiating
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Building formerly St. Paul's German Methodist. [On Boadway Hinners list.] -Database Manager

2009-01-28 - Updated through online information from Dr. D M Phillips. -- I am the Pastor of Greater Gethsemane Church of God in Christ, 240 Page St., San Francisco. The building was originally owned by St. Paul's German Methodist Church and later owned by Pleasant Hill Baptist. Now owned by Greater Gethsemane Church, this organ has never been moved from 240 Page Street. -Database Manager

2012-12-20 - Updated through online information from Pastor D M Phillips. -Database Manager

2013-09-12 - Updated through online information from Dr D M Phillips. -Database Manager

2016-06-12 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. <br>Web page indicates building and organ for sale. Several photographs. -Database Manager

2016-08-15 - The Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory (1917) shows that the congregation at 240 Page Street was St. PAUL's German Methodist Episcopal Church. -Database Manager

2020-11-27 - Updated through online information from Samuel K. Ackerman. -- Acquired this organ and relocated it to Barnesville, Ohio for use in a public arts project at the Peace Pipe Pavillion. -Jim Stettner

Websites

Gothic Church - News story (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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