SF AGO VirtualOrganCrawl 2021

The San Francisco Chapter of The American Guild of Organists presents its first 'Virtual Organ Crawl'. We visit three instruments that are largely forgotten or out of the mainstream consciousness of most organists.
While the instruments are lesser known, they still present an interesting opportunity to hear other fine pipe organs of San Francisco.
CHAPEL OF GRACE ORGAN
(1421 pipes, Aeolian opus #1738, enlarged by Aeolian Skinner, opus #1151)
~Great division (enclosed separately) (508 pipes)
Principal 8, Gedeckt Pommer 8,Gemshorn 8, Gemshorn Celeste 8, Spitz Principal 4, Gemshorn 4, Plein Jeu III Rks.
~Swell division (706 pipes)
Lieblich Gedeckt 16, Viola Pomposa 8, Viola Celeste 8,
Koppleflöte Prestant 4, Koppelflöte 4, Octavin 2, Koppelflöte 2, Sesquialtera II Rks., Trompette 8, Rohrschalmei 4, Zymbelstern
~ Pedal division (208 pipes)
Montre 16, Gemshorn 16, Lieblich Gedeckt 16, Principal 8, Lieblich Flöte 8, Choral Bass 4, Contre Trompette 16, Trompette 8, Clarion 4
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE / 906 CULTURAL CENTER
Hook & Hastings (Opus 1380, 1888)
29 ranks. 1,589 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 27 stops. 25 registers.
Chest Type(s): Slider chests
Manual Compass: 58
Pedal Compass: 27
Mechanical Action
3-sectional facade contains 19 stencilled pipes arranged: 5-9-5. Drawknobs in angled-out French-style terraced jambs. Installed by Leo Schoenstein in 1912.
5th CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTISTS
Hall Organ Co., West Haven, Connecticut

[@praestant8]

On the Hook and Hastings the Bassoon is typically the Oboe bass 1-12. The pedals aren't ventils as they only work the stop action, but are composition pedals.

[@timothytikker1147]

Right: there are p, mf and f fixed combinations for the Great, p and f fixed combinations for the Swell, and a Great to Pedal reversible.

[@jrorganbuilding]

Wonder if the quintadena was a modification at some point in time?

[@buttersrow426]

Also odd to have a 2ft Fifteenth in the Swell as opposed to the typical 2ft Flautino found on most H&H organs of this vintage.

[@timothytikker1147]

When I played this organ in the mid-1970s, many of the original stopknob faces were missing. The original for the Swell 2' was probably among them. The sound was that of Dolce pipes, like the Dolce Cornet, so this indeed would have originally been labeled "Flautino."

[@timothytikker1147]

No, the Swell Quintadena is definitely original. It has a gentle, smooth, Romantic voicing. This organ is in completely original tonal and mechanical condition.

[@timothytikker1147]

Orpha Ochse's book "The History of the Organ in the United States" gives (p. 224) a stock-design Hook stoplist, "Size No. 14," which is identical to Guadelupé's (except the latter has additional combination pedals and a Swell to Great octave coupler). Sure enough, "Size No. 14" includes the Swell 8' Quintadena.