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Bon R. Smith (1896)

Howard Presbyterian Church
Oak and Baker Streets
San Francisco, CA

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


Images


Unknown - Church Interior (A newspaper article, courtesy of Amanda Cooper (1930s)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Wm. B. D. Simmons (1852). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Moved to new building by Felix Schoenstein. Moved within the building in 1904 by Schoenstein, who altered the organ at that time. Manual keyboards brought forward. 30-note, concave, radiating pedalboard added (17 pipes, repeating at sucessive octaves). Hitch-down Swell pedal replaced by balanced Swell pedal. Case painted, pipes redecorated. Hand pumped until 1918. Relocated to (or building sold to?) New Liberation United Presbyterian, San Francisco, CA., then relocated to Los Altos Methodist , Long Beach, CA. -Database Manager


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