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Farrand & Votey Organ Co. (1896)

St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church
Van Ness Avenue & Hayes Street
San Francisco, CA

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


Images


1892-12-25 - Organ Case and Console ((with Clarence Eddy, inaugural recitalist) Archival Photograph; image courtesy of Matthew Walsh/Database Manager)

1900-01-08 - Organ gallery (Archival photograph; digital image by Jim Lewis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - In c. 1880 building. Contained full-length 32' Pedal Open. Building and organ destroyed by fire in 1906 earthquake. -Database Manager

2008-01-16 - Updated through online information from Jim Lewis. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

San Francisco, CA  
St Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church

1896, Farrand & Votey Organ Co., Detroit, MI

II Great
21 stops
27-8 ranks
16 Double Open Diapason
*16 Bourdon
8 Open Diapason 1
8 Open Diapason 2
*8 Violin Diapason
*8 Viol [sic] di gamba
*8 Viol [sic] d'amour
8 Principalfloete
*8 Gemshorn
*8 Clarabella
*8 Doppelfloete
4 Octave
*4 Gambette
*4 Hohlfloete
*2-2/3 Octave Quint
*2 Superoctave
*Mixture V
*Scharf III-IV
*16 Double Trumpet
*8 Trumpet
*4 Clarion
*enclosed

I Choir
15 stops
18 ranks
16 Contra-Gamba
16 Lieblichgedackt
8 Open Diapason
8 Geigenprincipal
8 Viola
8 Concertflute
8 Quintadena
8 Dulciana
8 Rohrfloete
4 Fugara
4 Flute d'amour
2 Piccolo harmonique
Mixture IV
8 Clarinet
*8 Cor anglais 
Tremolo
*free reed

III Swell (enclosed)
20 stops
22-4 ranks
16 Bourdon
8 Open Diapason
8 Violin Diapason
8 Flute harmonique
8 Salicional
8 Voix celestis
8 Spitzfloete
8 Clarinet Flute
8 Stopped Diapason
8 Aeoline
4 Octave
4 Salicet
4 Flute traverso
2 Flageolet
Cornet Mixture III-V
16 Ophecleide [sic]
16 Contrafagotto
8 Cornopean
8 Oboe
8 Vox humana
Tremolo

IV Solo
8 stops
8 ranks
8 Stentorphone
8 Horn Diapason
8 Violoncello
8 Philomela
4 Hohlpfeife
16 Tuba major
8 Tuba mirabilis
8 Orchestral Oboe

Echo
8 stops
10 ranks
8 Viola Diapason
8 Keraulophone
8 Unda maris
8 Fernfloete
8 Quintadena
4 Flute traverso
Dulciana Mixture III
8 Vox humana
Tremolo

Pedal
13 stops
12? ranks
32 Double Open Diapason
16 Open Diapason
16 Violone
16 Dulciana
16 Bourdon
16 Lieblichgedackt (Swell)
10-2/3 Quint
8 Octave
8 Violoncello
8 Flute
4 Superoctave
16 Trombone
8 Trumpet

85 stops
97-100? ranks

tubular pneumatic key action
electropneumatic stop action

compass:
C-c4, 61
C-f1, 30

wind pressures:
Great, Pedal = 4-1/2"
Choir, Swell = 3-1/2"
Solo = 7"
Echo = ?

Solo reeds and Swell Vox humana were imported from Aristide Cavaille-Coll, Paris.

Location:  rear gallery

Destroyed by fire 6 & ff. April 1906

The Diapason, June 1972, p. 3 (black & white picture; specification)

Submitted by Terry L. Mueller 27 Sep 2012

 [Received from  2012-09-28.]

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