A Tour of Schoenstein Opus 173 - Joseph Arndt and Adam Pajan

[@paulmartin4139]

What a gorgeous sound one has come to expect from Schoenstein. The very first organ I played was a small Schoenstein instrument at Church of the Nativity in San Francisco. By coincidence, I dined with two Schoenstein grandchildren in Napa just one week ago!

[@johnharris8255]

Beautiful!

[@Sokx41]

I grew up with a Leo Schoenstein installed Moller pipe organ in my parents' home in Atherton, CA. It was installed in 1941 and I am told it came from a mortuary somewhere nearby, perhaps in Los Altos, CA. Leo. S had gone off on his own separate from his brother's firm in San Francisco that was involved in most of the S. organs. Unfortunately the organ "loft" was actually a basement that flooded several years after it was installed, and I was not able to enjoy when I was learning various musical instruments (accordian, trombone and mellophone, followed by the French horn) when it was finally restored in about 1954-55. I was removed by the new owners sometime after 1962. My father played it only occasionally.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

This one rocks

[@scottrowley79]

What is the organ seen in the back gallery of the church?

[@williammitchell1864]

Music at Saint John's Episcopal Church, What's the total weight of that three manual console?

[@organbuilder272]

What happened to the Great 2-2/3? This is the 3rd harmonic of the series and was considered essential by the important builders over some 400 years. Who says Celestes should not have full basses. This has become a fad to save a few bucks for the builder at the exense of the musical sounds for the player. Damn, nice Cornopean. Full and powerful without taking your head off. There should be ONLY full length reeds. Another Europea fad - half length which emphasyses the second ha rmonic and is raspy. Nice Oboe. Trem is a little fast. My My, a 16' Wood Diapason. Shakes the dust off the rafters. Good Pedal stop indeed. Modern organ builders should remember that there was a reason why the older builders used 16 wood opens in the Pedal. Sure they are expensive so modern builders began to leave them out. Stupid move. They don't understand tonal architecture. You are lucky to have had L S build the organ. Interesting case

[@Richard-vq7ud]

You sound quite knowledgeable on what makes a good organ. I just wish we could build good acoustics. Most chuches will spend a fortune on a an organ but keep carpet and dead acoustics. Imo it makes the organ worthless. Like putting diamonds on a plastic band.

[@thebog11]

@@Richard-vq7ud Agreed.